A Note on the Choice of Appropriate Index of Inflation for India

Suthar, Mita H.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1161054

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A Note on the Choice of Appropriate Index of Inflation for India

Mita H. Suthar

H. L. Institute of Commerce

July 16, 2008

Abstract:
Inflation targeting requires appropriately defined price index - be it wholesale price index or consumer price index. For an open emerging economy like India, where inflation targeting may not be the sole objective of the monetary authority, interrelation among the measures of inflation, economic growth, money supply and exchange rate is also important. The VAR analysis indicates that this interrelation is stronger for the wholesale price index in case of India.

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Keywords: inflation targeting, price index, VAR analysis

JEL Classification: E31, E52

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Date posted: July 16, 2008

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Suthar, Mita H., A Note on the Choice of Appropriate Index of Inflation for India (July 16, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1161054 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1161054

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Mita H. Suthar (Contact Author)

H. L. Institute of Commerce ( email )

Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380009
Gujarat
India