India's Fiscal Policy

India's Fiscal Policy
Author: Supriyo De
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1316759024

This book seeks to balance normative prescriptions on fiscal policy with its practical aspects in the context of the Indian scenario. In doing so, it brings together views of leading experts from academic and policy spheres. It highlights the specificities of Indian fiscal policy and studies current issues like the impact of development expenditures, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the challenge of reducing subsidies and different aspects of political economy. India's Fiscal Policy discusses rapid developments in the field following the fiscal stimulus of 2008, subsequent attempts at fiscal consolidation and the formation of the NDA government. It focuses on policy and political considerations and adopts a wider approach for the analysis of fiscal policy by taking into consideration aspects such as the effectiveness and targeting of social expenditures, which are essential for a critical analysis of the Indian policy matrix.

Monetary Policy in India

Monetary Policy in India
Author: Chetan Ghate
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-12-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788132228387

This book presents research that applies contemporary monetary theory and state-of-the-art econometric methods to the analysis of the monetary and financial aspects of the Indian economy and the impact of monetary policy on economic performance. Indian monetary policy has attracted significant attention from Indian and international macroeconomists over the last several years. Interest in how monetary policy influences economic performance and how monetary policy is conducted in India is growing. The prospects for further financial sector reform and ongoing inflation in India have sparked new interest in the role of money and monetary policy in India among economists, policy makers and students alike. The book should also interest economists outside India because it studies monetary economics in a major emerging market economy and makes advances in the analysis of how financial market imperfections and structural constraints influence the effects of monetary policy.

Essays on India's Monetary and Fiscal Policies and Their Interrelation

Essays on India's Monetary and Fiscal Policies and Their Interrelation
Author: Duc Truong Nguyen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2014
Genre: Economic policy
ISBN:

This dissertation consists of four essays on India's monetary and fiscal policies and their interrelation. The Introduction reviews the existence of the relationship between these two policies. This chapter employs a simple panel data model to analyse the relationship between fiscal deficit and central bank independence (CBI). The intuition behind this model is that if there is a connection between fiscal deficit and CBI, monetary and fiscal policies must be correlated, whence the subsequent analysis of the interrelation between these policies is feasible. This connection was confirmed by statistically significant coefficients of the estimated model. With the result from the first essay, I examine monetary reaction function (MRF) for India in the second essay. I construct MRFs using different versions of Phillips and IS Curves. I derive two IS Curves from a basic neoclassical model and a model by Davig and Leeper (2011), combine these two IS Curves with three available types of Phillips Curves to make six MRFs. I then estimate these MRFs using the Markov switching method with the purpose of finding out what the Indian MRFs look like and whether it switches between active and passive states. If India's MRFs switches between these states, India's fiscal reaction function must be estimated using the same Markov switching method accordingly. It turned out that India's monetary policy is always in active state. OLS estimations are carried out to confirm the results from Markov switching method. The estimated MRFs track the actual data very well. The third essay estimates India's fiscal reaction function (FRF). With the result from the second essay that India's monetary is always in active state, it can be inferred that India's fiscal policy should be passive because this makes the economy more stable. Therefore, I proceed with estimating India's FRF based on the government intertemporal budget constraint, which is always balance and passive in its nature. To study India FRF, this essay first establishes the theoretical foundations for the empirical estimation. In estimating India's FRF, data stationary problems are found and unbalanced regressions are employed. This essay finds that India's fiscal policy depends on debt, output gap, and interest rate levels. The estimated FRF tracks the actual reaction function very closely. The fourth essay uses a VAR model to analyze the interrelation between India's monetary and fiscal policies. This essay modifies a financial model by Sharma and Jha (2012) then applies VAR to study the interrelation between fiscal and monetary policies and how these policies affect economic growth in the context of India. It is found that the Indian economy is resilient to exogenous shock. Besides two reasons suggested in Sharma and Jha (2012) including the low integration level of the Indian banking system to the world financial market and the domination of domestic consumption and investment, this essay adds that right policies have been carried out in the face of the global financial crisis and monetary policy is always effective in dealing with exogenous shock. The dissertation concludes with a short chapter on conclusions.

Advanced Study in Money and Banking

Advanced Study in Money and Banking
Author: Perminder Khanna
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2005
Genre: Banks and banking
ISBN: 9788126904433

The Book Advanced Study In Money & Banking : Theory & Policy Relevance In The Indian Economy Is A Complete Treatise On Banking And Global Financial Developments With Special Reference To Dmcs And The Indian Economy. It Provides An Invaluable, Up-To-Date And Refreshing Approach To Key Development Issues Pertaining To Monetary Theory, Banking, And Policy Matters. The Theoretical, Institutional And Historical Approaches Have Been Skilfully Integrated To Explore And Elucidate The Interrelationships Of Money And Banking And The Functioning Of The Economy As A Whole. The Analytical Study Of The Main Operational Ratios Of Banks For The Period 1998 To 2003 Gives An Overview Of The Bank Street Scenario. In Its Wide Perspective, The Book Includes A Comprehensive Study Of Banking And Information Technology, Mechanism Of International Payments, And International Monetary Policies And Monetary Cooperation. Above All, Against The Backdrop Of Economic Uncertainty And The Low Ebb In Economic Activity, Volatility In Stock Markets And Significant Fluctuations In Major Currencies Of The World, The Indian Monetary Policy During The Period Of 1952-2003 Has Been Extensively Discussed. Simple Graphs And Up-To-Date Economic Models Provided In The Book Enable The Readers To Have An Easy And Accurate Understanding Of The Subject.The Book Would Be Of Great Interest And Use For Students And Teachers Of Economics, Commerce And Business Management. The Bankers And Legislators Concerned With Monetary And Banking Policies Would Find The Book Highly Useful.

India’s Recent Macroeconomic Performance

India’s Recent Macroeconomic Performance
Author: Muneesh Kapur
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484360672

The macroeconomic policy response in India after the North Atlantic financial crisis (NAFC) was rapid. The overshooting of the stimulus and its gradual withdrawal sowed seeds for inflationary and BoP pressures and growth slowdown, then exacerbated by domestic policy bottlenecks and volatility in international financial markets during mid-2013. Appropriate domestic oil prices and fiscal consolidation will contribute to the recovery of private sector investment. Fiscal consolidation would also facilitate a reduction in inflation, which would moderate gold imports and favorably impact real exchange rate and current account deficit.