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Business News > Mint Authors > Ira Dugal

Ira Dugal

ARTICLES BY IRA DUGAL

Other economists see scope for a quicker reduction of the fiscal deficit next year.

Fall in India nominal GDP growth in FY24 to challenge fiscal math

2 min read . 09 Jan 2023

Google is facing heat over the illegal digital lending apps as the government and RBI are behind it to curb such practices (Mint)

Google faces pressure in India to help curb illegal lending apps: Report

2 min read . 19 Sept 2022

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Photo: PTI

Raghuram Rajan’s last hurrah: Changing the way companies borrow

3 min read . 26 Aug 2016

Shyamal Banerjee/Mint

Urjit Patel’s banking blind spot

4 min read . 25 Aug 2016

Urjit Patel is not only the architect of RBI’s new flexible inflation targeting framework but is seen as someone who has little tolerance for inflation overshooting RBI’s comfort zones. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Does Urjit Patel’s appointment dim rate cut hopes?

4 min read . 22 Aug 2016

A file photo of Urjit Patel. He has been instrumental in putting in place the flexible inflation targeting framework that the central bank is now following. Photo: PTI

Urjit Patel succeeds Raghuram Rajan as new RBI governor

2 min read . 20 Aug 2016

File photo. Urjit Patel’s choice as the successor to Raghuram Rajan (left) is a vote for continuity and that is what markets and bankers are expecting as the new governor takes charge. Photo: PTI

Urjit Patel: An agenda of continuity

4 min read . 20 Aug 2016

#NIRPREFUGEES throng emerging markets

4 min read . 19 Aug 2016

A working group of officials from RBI and Sebi, which released its report on Thursday, has recommended a number of measures which could incrementally help strengthen the bond markets in India. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

RBI, Sebi make another bid at deepening corporate bond markets

5 min read . 19 Aug 2016

Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Will the rally in bonds come to the rescue of Indian banks?

4 min read . 11 Aug 2016

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How sound are the stressed asset ventures of banks?

4 min read . 05 Aug 2016

Shyamal Banerjee/Mint

The deteriorating optics of central bank independence

4 min read . 29 Jul 2016

The last time India had a sub-7% benchmark yield was in July 2009. That was a time when the repo rate was 4.75%—175 basis points below the 6.5% policy rate today. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

India’s 10-year bond yield nears 2009 lows

3 min read . 28 Jul 2016

D. Subbarao in his recently released book ‘Who Moved My Interest Rate’ talks about inherent difference in priorities—the government focusing on growth and the RBI on inflation control. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Governments must show respect for RBI autonomy: D. Subbarao

9 min read . 26 Jul 2016

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Funds chase stressed assets down the rabbit hole

4 min read . 22 Jul 2016

File photo of Duvvuri Subbarao. Photo: Bloomberg

Does the RBI ‘Walk Alone’? Often, suggests former governor Subbarao

4 min read . 16 Jul 2016

Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Signs of froth in microfinance?

4 min read . 14 Jul 2016

HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh. While the cost of fundraising through masala bonds will be slightly higher, HDFC will get the benefit of diversifying its source of funds. Photo: S Kumar/Mint

HDFC to issue masala bonds this week

4 min read . 12 Jul 2016

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Dealing with the five stages of Brexit grief

4 min read . 08 Jul 2016

RBI said in April that it would move away from its policy of maintaining a liquidity deficit and infuse cash into the system. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Short-term borrowing costs fall as liquidity eases

3 min read . 06 Jul 2016