Fears that the movement to GST would add to inflation have been unfounded. In this study we ex-ante estimate the impact the movement to GST would have on inflation and show that it would be very marginal at best. The inflation argument to have multiple rates is therefore weak. The impact on the...

In India, households are increasingly investing in financial assets, making the need for long-term data sets increasingly critical. We update the 2021 work by Raju (2021) and, using data until August 2022, analyse almost three decades worth of nominal and inflation adjusted returns of equities,...