IMF Staff Country Reports

India: Selected Issues

Publication Date:

March 2, 2016

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper explores key issues affecting the Indian economy and implications for fiscal, monetary, financial sector, and other structural policies. This paper evaluates the build-up of corporate and banking sector vulnerabilities in India, linked to the past macroeconomic slowdown and supply-side bottlenecks, particularly in the infrastructure sector; the nature, scope, and the effectiveness of macroprudential policies in India; the potential costs and benefits of gold monetization schemes in India; two recent episodes of financial market volatility—the taper tantrum of the summer of 2013 and the China spillover episode of the summer of 2015; effectiveness of India’s capital controls using an arbitrage based approach; the relationship between Indian; and international market prices of cereals.

Series:

Country Report No. 2016/076

Subject:

Agricultural commodities Balance of payments Banking Capital account Capital controls Commodities Gender Gold Women