What is Fiscal Policy

Excess policy accommodation will affect growth

Union Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj on Friday said that the country's fiscal deficit will come down once revenues start to grow.

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The changing emphasis on capital expenditure throughout this period reflects a quick responsive fiscal policy

Budget 2022: ICRA expects a satus quo on the stance of the monetary policy as well as the reverse repo rate in the upcoming meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee.

The pandemic years called for policy reinforcement; the post-pandemic aftermath will call for policy prioritisation

They believe focus on reviving informal sector activity, particularly construction, is key to reviving GDP and jobs

China's economy grew at the slowest pace in a year in the third quarter

Low inflation means at its best zero inflation, which is good. But low interest rates don't mean a zero rate because that would be bad

'The Reserve Bank of India has a lot of experience in trying (and failing) to guide fiscal policy', says the author

The statement from the minister assumes significance as Kerala, the only communist-ruled state in the country now, is known for its sweeping public welfare measures

The third meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors is scheduled on July 9 and 10

Japan will abolish on Thursday a nearly two-decade-old panel consisting of academics and corporate executives that has offered long-term proposals on fixing the country's worsening finances

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

RBI's higher surplus transfer has limits

Economic recovery will remain feeble till the pandemic is convincingly controlled

Heightened uncertainty from a second wave is likely to increase the relative efficacy of fiscal vis-a-vis monetary policy

Heavyweights including Brazil, China and India will report inflation data this week against a backdrop of quickening growth that's being fueled by months of easy money and fiscal largess

Central govt should not leave everything to states

Says states don't have fiscal flexibility for exigencies as Centre has