Are we fools?

It seems we are living in denial mode.

Wise men (no, no, not me!) are telling that some thing is wrong with our economy. We are saying many things are wrong with our economy. Yesterday S&P downgraded India outlook and it will not take much time to downgrade our credit rating.

We are counting on handful of reforms like opening up retail, DTC, diesel price deregulation etc to deliver. But problem lies elsewhere and nobody is ready to talk about that. Problem is inflation. Mindless money is being injected into the system to benefit a handful and this is hurting people. Reserve Bank though understand this but cannot do anything. We are obsessed with 9% growth rate.

If RBI can be armtwisted into reducing interest rates then god save the country. Just heard that the food inflation touches 9% and food prices heading higher. Next month we will see double digit food inflation and Mr.Subbarao will be forced to eat humble pie.

All the so called industry leaders, economists are talking as if nothing has happened. These guys in my opinion have sensex and nifty as their barometer to measure the performance of Indian economy. On the other hand our financial markets are fully dependent on FII money. These FII's even went to the extent saying that ' If you tax me, I will make you to pay, by failing your market systems', Interesting ha...

You can ask...Yes, china is cutting rates, Brazil does that...WE CANNOT because our Rupee value is going down, our import bill is increasing, crude is increasing...

HAPPY INVESTING GUYS..

Subbarao risks his reputation

Subbarao could not sit tight.

Now the new norm for RBI in inflation front is 7%. RBI could not withstand the pressure from the corporate mafia and 'big brother' government. Let us see how it would affect you and me.

RBI comes up with a meek explanation for rate cut saying that the core inflation reduced below 5. Now the core inflation is nothing but inflation minus food and fuel. Unfortunately in India inflation is decided only by these components. These are the components affecting people much. RBI has taken a western concept and justified their judgement.

Former RBI Governor S.S.Tarapore, IMF and many other independent analysts slams RBI for this decision. Let us see who will get benefitted?

1. Inspite of rate cut banks are reluctant to pass on the benefits. That means the 50 bps will not be translated
    into your loan EMI. We need to wait and watch.
2. It helps markets for a short time for sentiment booster.
3. It helps RE guys to try and sell their unsold inventory saying that the interest rate is gonna to reduce from
    here.
4. RE guys and other corporates who are heavily indepted to banks are not going to benefit hugely by 50 bps even when the banks  decided to pass on to them,

our CPI is well above 8%. Food inflation which was subdued during January due to base effect and seasonal effect rising its ugly face again. Rupee raises to 51.50 effortlessly. Congress losing in Delhi is a grim remainder that they cannot afford to take bold decisions.

By exhausting their arsenal, RBI cannot afford to cut the rates atleast for another 6 months minimum.

Interesting days ahead.