Economics

Virus Threat to Inflation Limits Options for Indian Central Bank

  • Prices creeping toward upper end of the RBI’s target range
  • Reserve Bank has struggled to keep a lid on borrowing costs
Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg
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The world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak in India risks fanning price pressures, threatening to limit options for the inflation-focused central bank to support the economy.