View: RBI and the art of managing conflicts amid Das’ easy monetary policies for 2021

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Mumbai: Shaktikanta Das is no Alan Greenspan. In 2002, the legendary former Fed chair said: “It was very difficult to definitively identify a bubble until after the fact – that is, when its bursting confirmed its existence.’’ Come 2021, this is what the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das had to say: “The … Read more

Joe Biden considers Roger Ferguson, Brian Deese to lead his economic council

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President-elect Joe Biden is considering Roger Ferguson, a former Federal Reserve vice chair, and Brian Deese, an executive at BlackRock, to be his top White House economic adviser, according to people familiar with the matter. If selected, Ferguson, now the chief executive of TIAA, would become the first African-American in the role of director of … Read more