Monetary Policy Transparency and Anchoring of Inflation Expectations in India



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A new working paper from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) investigates the link between monetary policy transparency and inflation expectations in India. The research indicates that India's policy transparency has significantly improved since the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) framework was adopted in 2016. While inflation expectations for professionals and households appear to be anchored in the post-FIT era, household expectations haven't always stayed within the target tolerance band.

Today the Reserve Bank of India placed on its website a Working Paper titled Monetary Policy Transparency and Anchoring of Inflation Expectations in India under the Reserve Bank of India Working Paper Series.*The Paper is authored by G.P. Samanta and Shweta Kumari. This paper constructs an in
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FAQ :

The paper focuses on monetary policy transparency in India and its role in anchoring inflation expectations.

The paper was authored by G.P. Samanta and Shweta Kumari.

Yes, empirical results show a substantial increase in policy transparency since the adoption of Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) in 2016.

Empirical evidence suggests that inflation expectations of professional forecasters and households were anchored in a weak form during the post-FIT period, though household expectations sometimes exceeded the tolerance band.

During the transition period, both realised inflation and expectations declined, showing a positive association between them.




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