R. Gurumurthy

R. Gurumurthy

Gurumurthy, ex-central banker and a Wharton alum, managed the rupee and forex reserves, government debt and played a key role in drafting India's Financial Stability Reports.

Trump Tests the Guardrails of US Credibility

Trump’s firings of the BLS chief and a Fed governor mark more than theatrics. By purging referees, he risks the credibility of America’s economy.

R. Gurumurthy

August 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM IST

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Powell’s Caution, CBO’s Fantasy and Illusions That Move Markets, Budgets

Powell’s cautious words and the CBO’s tariff arithmetic show how modern finance thrives on misreadings and manufactured optimism.

R. Gurumurthy

August 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM IST

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Central Banks Swipe Right on Gold, Left on the Dollar

India’s rising reserves mask a deeper truth, as the age of dollar monogamy gives way to messy multipolar dating games.

R. Gurumurthy

August 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM IST

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Buy Now, Cry Forever as India Turns Housing Into a Rigged Board Game

In India’s real estate Monopoly, the landlords always win, buyers lose, and sachet homes may be the only square left to land on.

R. Gurumurthy

August 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM IST

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The RBI’s Curious Attachment to a Benchmark That Hardly Trades

The RBI’s liquidity panel sticks with WACR as its policy anchor, even though the market it reflects is shrinking fast. Reform? Or regulatory nostalgia? 

R. Gurumurthy

August 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM IST

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Monetary Policy Day and the Rent-a-View Economy

When the repo rate stays still, pundits pirouette. On Policy Day, the spectacle isn’t the decision, but the scramble to sound profound.

R. Gurumurthy

August 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM IST

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Trump, Tariffs and the Timeless Tango of Greed

Trump’s tariffs reprise a centuries-old American habit — protectionism dressed as patriotism, ego wrapped as policy, and greed passing for strategy.

R. Gurumurthy

July 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM IST

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The New Evolution: Now with Spine, Small Talk, and Super Sight

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Lab-grown backbones, monkey-inspired manners, and surveillance-grade contact lenses. Is evolution getting outsourced to technology? 

R. Gurumurthy

July 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM IST

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Stablecoins and Sovereignty: Why India Must Watch, Not Rush

India must resist FOMO on stablecoins. The US is playing digital geopolitics—India should respond with timing, not haste, to protect sovereignty.

R. Gurumurthy

July 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM IST

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Casino Capitalism Comes to Town: When Speculation Becomes Public Policy

India’s options market became a casino by design, not accident. Blaming Jane Street alone for playing the game it was invited to won’t do any good.

R. Gurumurthy

July 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM IST

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Big Deficits, Bigger Delusions: Tax Cuts, Tanks, And The Vanishing Monetary Theory Mirage

As the West runs record deficits without a guiding theory, fiscal rules are becoming optional. Is this the era of spending without meaning? 

R. Gurumurthy

July 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM IST

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Zen to Zeal: Japan Deals With The World's Most Polite Fiscal Emergency

How the land of negative rates, disappearing buyers, and cheerful handouts is quietly rewriting the rules of fiscal and sovereign debt management.

R. Gurumurthy

June 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM IST

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Saints With Swiss Accounts: What Happens When CSR Becomes Strategy

When CSR becomes more about image than impact, it risks losing its soul. A call to restore sincerity in the business of doing good.

R. Gurumurthy

June 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM IST

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Fed’s Dot Plot Traps Markets In False Precision

Fed watchers obsess over the dot plot’s shifting projections. But beneath the clean graph might lie a mess of guesswork, groupthink, and miscommunication.

R. Gurumurthy

June 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM IST

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Artificial Everything: When Childhood Gets A Software Update

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When toddlers are taught coding before colouring, is childhood being optimised out of existence in the race to future-proof everything?

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June 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM IST

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"Did He Just Say That?" — A Critical Look At Central Bank Communication

Communication is not PR, it is policy. When central banks speak credibly, they can move economies without moving interest rates.

R. Gurumurthy

June 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM IST

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Surplus Transfer: Windfall For Government, Balancing Act For RBI

By transferring a record surplus to the central government and a larger chunk to the risk buffers, the RBI has balanced between supporting fiscal needs and preserving policy credibility.

R. Gurumurthy

June 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM IST

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LAF@25: Call Money Is A Dissonant Note In A Symphony 

The last part of our LAF@25 series explores the evolution of the call money market and how it reflects policy shifts from broader access to tighter regulation. 

R. Gurumurthy

May 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM IST

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LAF@25: SDF – From A Corridor To A Comfort Zone

Part 2 of our LAF@25 series explores how the Standing Deposit Facility may be steering India’s liquidity corridor towards a de facto floor regime.

R. Gurumurthy

May 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM IST

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LAF@25: The Shifting Core Of India’s Monetary Operations

As the RBI’s Liquidity Adjustment Facility turns 25, this three-part series traces its evolution, limitations, and future as a monetary policy mainstay.

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May 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM IST

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