RBI’s rate cuts fail to arrest India’s economic decline
Despite the go-go narrative, it is clear that the country’s economic growth is in a funk. What’s more, history shows that further interest rate cuts to fuel stalled growth will be as futile as flogging a dead horse.
4 August, 2025•13 min
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4 August, 2025•13 min
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