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Raghuram Rajan signals Brexit politics deterred him from seeking BOE job

The government is seeking a successor to Mark Carney, who will step down in January

India's overseas debt plan fraught with risk and no real benefit: Rajan

A global bond sale won't reduce the amount of domestic government bonds the local market has to absorb, says Raghuram Rajan

Imported horsemen: In Acharya, last one also departs; is India the loser?

Amid several macroeconomic challenges today, the government might have benefited from 'Harvard' economists' advice, but, judging by past record, it might not have paid them much heed, writes T N Ninan

Viral Acharya's RBI exit marks end of an unsuccessful UPA-era experiment

The import of academics without any government experience at top Indian institutions was based on the belief that a mere knowledge of academic economics would be enough to serve in government

Raghuram Rajan only outsider among top contenders for UK central bank chief

Raghuram Rajan has delivered some uncomfortable economic truths in a career spanning the International Monetary Fund and powerful positions in his native India

Protectionism doesn't preserve jobs, defend against AI: Raghuram Rajan

He added that protectionism offers little defence against the job destroying effects of automation and Artificial Intelligence, which often are the larger source of job losses

India needs to focus on farm distress resolution, not loan waivers: Rajan

Several state governments have announced loan waivers for farmers

Cloud over GDP numbers must be cleared: Raghuram Rajan on Indian economy

Last month, the government revised the economic growth rate upwards to 7.2% for 2017-18 from 6.7% estimated earlier

Raghuram Rajan's sermons

'The Third Pillar' is a book of good intention, great thoughts, lost in a preachy style.

Capitalism not providing equal opportunities, under serious threat: Rajan

He said authoritarian regimes arise "when you socialise all the means of production"

China & India: The threat of populist nationalism

An exclusive excerpt from former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's latest book

In a crisis...it pays to be an NRI

Raghuram Rajan announced last week that banks can swap dollars raised through FCNR deposits for rupees at a fixed swap rate of 3.5%, much lower than the market rate of 7-8%.

Neglecting social issues not just myopic but dangerous: Raghuram Rajan

Rajan has come out with a new book "The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind" in which he analyses critical issues plaguing societies globally

Keep farm loan waivers out of poll promise: Ex-RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

Ex-RBI governor had written to EC to take issue off the table

Rajan, Gopinath say India at risk if govt abandons macro-economic stability

To achieve macroeconomic stability, the nation needs to maintain low and stable inflation, Rajan and Gopinath prescribed in a report

Reduce weight of govt mandates on PSBs, boost their risk management: Rajan

The government should incentivise all banks to take up activities it thinks desirable, not impose it on a few, said Rajan

India's economic growth held back due to note ban, GST: Raghuram Rajan

'The two successive shocks of demonetisation and the GST had a serious impact on growth in India'

Excessive centralisation of power one of India's main problems, says Rajan

The kind of project that gets done depends on the Prime Minister, he said

Cross-border capital flows source of financial fragility: Raghuram Rajan

Rather than blaming each other, countries should see how best they can benefit from cross-border flows

Plea seeking bad loan details not treated as 'information' under RTI: PMO

The PMO also declined to provide information as to when it received the communication from Rajan and on the note sheet of action taken