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Urjit Patel
Indian
Economist
Banks
Financial
Government
Important
Inflation
Think
A well-functioning transmission should at some point go from the overnight right up to 40 years, and that is the ultimate objective in having monetary transmission that affects the whole gamut of borrowing tenure.
Urjit Patel
Some
Objective
Borrowing
Having
Point
Tenure
Overnight
Go
Ultimate
Years
Affects
Up
Should
Transmission
Whole
Monetary
Right
People have asked why the new currency introduced was different in size and thickness from the old. This is because the new currency has been designed to make it hard to counterfeit. When you are going to make a change of this magnitude, you need to get the best standards in place.
Urjit Patel
Best
You
Change
People
Old
Has-Been
Introduced
Magnitude
Counterfeit
New
Make
Because
Been
Get
Currency
Going
Different
Size
Place
Asked
Hard
Standards
Why
Designed
Need
Yes, 4% is the government-mandated target to the MPC. The plus/minus 2 percentage-point upper and lower bands are the tolerance levels specified by the government. If we breach those for three consecutive quarters, we need to inform the government of why that happened and what we propose to do to bring inflation within the two bands.
Urjit Patel
Government
Inflation
Three
Tolerance
Those
Propose
Within
Quarters
Yes
Target
Bands
Upper
Breach
Happened
Inform
Lower
Why
Bring
Levels
Consecutive
Two
Need
Monetary policy transmission encompasses the whole continuum of interest rates; of course, the central bank only determines the overnight policy rate.
Urjit Patel
Rate
Determines
Rates
Only
Policy
Course
Overnight
Continuum
Bank
Central
Interest
Central Bank
Interest Rates
Transmission
Whole
Monetary
Monetary Policy
Remonetisation has happened at a fast pace, and that was part of the plan that, subsequent to the withdrawal of the specified bank notes, our production plans and supply processes would ensure that the remonetisation happened as quickly as possible.
Urjit Patel
Our
Ensure
Possible
Would
Part
Supply
Withdrawal
Quickly
Subsequent
Bank
Happened
Pace
Processes
Notes
Plan
Production
Plans
Fast
We should redefine the metric for effective lending, viz., prioritise loans to enterprises, which will generate more employment.
Urjit Patel
Will
Enterprises
Viz
More
Generate
Employment
Redefine
Metric
Effective
Which
Lending
Should
Loans
If very fundamental reforms take place, especially when it comes to factors of production like land, labour, then a higher growth rate is possible.
Urjit Patel
Possible
Rate
Higher
Factors
Take
Like
Very
Labour
Reforms
Place
Land
Then
Production
Fundamental
Growth
Growth Rate
Divestment measures would improve overall banking sector health.
Urjit Patel
Health
Sector
Would
Overall
Improve
Banking
Measures
Enhanced transparency has helped to reinforce the stability of India's financial system.
Urjit Patel
Financial
System
Financial System
India
Stability
Transparency
Helped
Enhanced
Reinforce
It is easy and quick to fritter away gains regarding macroeconomic stability.
Urjit Patel
Easy
Quick
Stability
Regarding
Gains
Away
Large credit guarantees also impede optimal allocation of financial resources and increase moral hazard.
Urjit Patel
Financial
Increase
Resources
Financial Resources
Moral
Allocation
Hazard
Also
Optimal
Large
Credit
Guarantees
The RBI is interacting with the banks every day.
Urjit Patel
Day
Every Day
Every
Interacting
Banks
I think it is important that we should be on the side of keeping borders open with respect to trade and movement of factors of production.
Urjit Patel
Respect
Important
Think
Side
I Think
Borders
Factors
Open
Trade
Movement
Should
Production
Keeping
There are some things that are under our control, and that is to ensure that we ourselves follow sound macroeconomic stability rules.
Urjit Patel
Control
Our
Rules
Ensure
Ourselves
Follow
Some
Some Things
Sound
Stability
Things
There is little room for complacency, and it is important to guard against sporadic volatility in financial markets.
Urjit Patel
Financial
Important
Guard
Complacency
Markets
Financial Markets
Volatility
Against
Little
Room
Government should eschew suasion and directives to banks on interest rates that run counter to monetary policy actions.
Urjit Patel
Government
Run
Rates
Directive
Counter
Policy
Banks
Interest
Interest Rates
Should
Actions
Monetary
Monetary Policy
If one sees far, structural changes that come with temporary disruptions can be growth- and efficiency-augmenting in the medium to long term.
Urjit Patel
Long
Changes
Medium
Temporary
Structural
Sees
Long-Term
Term
Come
Far
Growth
Disruption
Growth is always there in the MPC's scheme of things; we don't lose sight of that, but not at the cost of inflation.
Urjit Patel
Inflation
Lose
Sight
Cost
Scheme
Always
Growth
Things
From the RBI side, the fake Indian currency note is an important issue that needed to be addressed. The other collateral benefits from this, in terms of greater accountability, better public finance, more transparency, are, by definition, areas that take time to fully play out.
Urjit Patel
Finance
Time
Benefits
Better
Important
Accountability
Other
Side
Definition
Collateral
Out
Indian
More
Area
Take
Terms
Important Issue
Greater
Fake
Issue
Currency
Public
Note
Transparency
Fully
Play
Needed
What is important is that in a capital-scarce country like India, the real interest rate needs to be positive enough to encourage healthy growth of financial savings; we get into macro difficulties when real rates on financial savings become negative for a length of time.
Urjit Patel
Positive
Time
Needs
Financial
Negative
Country
Important
Become
Healthy
Difficulties
Enough
Savings
India
Rate
Rates
Like
Real
Encourage
Get
Interest
Length
Growth
The monetary policy committee could either keep rates constant, increase them, or bring them down. There are three options possible compared to when it is accommodative.
Urjit Patel
Three
Down
Increase
Possible
Constant
Rates
Could
Policy
Options
Committee
Either
Them
Compared
Keep
Monetary
Monetary Policy
Bring