Over the past decade, the stellar growth of Indian economy has been challenged by persistently high levels of inflation, particularly in food prices. The primary reason behind this stubborn food inflation is mismatch in supply-demand, as domestic agricultural production has failed to keep up...

Bitcoin is a decentralised cryptographic virtual currency scheme based on a peer-to-peer network that has attracted substantial number of users in recent years. In this paper, we investigate reasons behind its success and explosive behaviour in its exchange rates in 2013-14. We debate whether...

This paper presents a novel estimate of the Indian household balance sheet (HBS) starting from 1970/71 to 2017/18 and studies the evolution of Indian household finance in an international context. Comparative analysis suggests that the Global Wealth Databook (an annual publication of Credit...

This paper presents a novel estimate of the Indian household balance sheet (HBS) starting from 1970/71 to 2017/18 and studies the evolution of Indian household finance in an international context. Comparative analysis suggests that the Global Wealth Databook (an annual publication of Credit...

Understanding the empirical linkage between oil prices and inflation is imperative as all monetary authorities attempt to keep inflation under check. This paper examines the time-varying correlations between crude oil prices and two major macroeconomic variables, inflation and interest rates in...