India’s pledge to achieve net zero by 2070 is admirable. But the path announced by Prime Minister Modi at COP26 toward achieving that goal is - to...
Priyanka Kishore
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APAC | Weak growth limits inflation worries in the region
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Oct 20, 2021
Inflation has been elevated in many Asian economies for several months now. Indeed, the Bank of Korea and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have...
India | Vaccine surge to energize consumption in 2022
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Oct 8, 2021
We still think India’s recovery will be subdued in H2 2021, despite a significant pick-up in vaccinations from August. The uptick in inoculations is...
India | Why the jump in household savings won’t be permanent
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Sep 24, 2021
Indian households have hoarded savings through the Covid crisis, although to a lesser extent than the rest of the world. Emerging from the pandemic,...
India | Monetary policy may turn a corner before year-end
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Jul 23, 2021
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has played a key role in leading India’s pandemic policy response. While elevated inflation has taken rate cuts off...
India | Premature state re-openings could backfire
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Jun 25, 2021
States are starting to relax lockdown measures as the second wave of Covid infections is showing signs of plateauing. As a result, national mobility...
India | Slow vaccination to prolong lockdowns, lower growth
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on May 24, 2021
India’s new lockdown strategy, which is being led by states, seems to be working. The sustained decline in the daily coronavirus cases at a national...
India | How the 2021 lockdown is different from 2020
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on May 19, 2021
As we feared, the second coronavirus wave is playing havoc with India’s health system and more states have adopted stricter measures to contain the...
India | Worsening health conditions crystalise downside risks
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Apr 26, 2021
The rapidly swelling second wave has taken a big toll on the country’s health infrastructure. The health system has collapsed in the worst hit...
India | More resilient, but not immune to the second wave
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Apr 9, 2021
The coronavirus resurgence in India is raising concerns that the recovery could be derailed. With state governments reluctant to reintroduce strict...