Budget Analysis: Inflation could crawl higher near term due to tax hikes

Sourav Majumdar, editor-in-chief, Entrepreneur and R Jagannathan, editor-in-chief, First Post

March 16, 2012 / 18:06 IST

My worry is that inflation will not come down in the short term, and at the same time, the Budget does little to stimulate growth. We could probably have one more year of slow growth before things start picking up, says R Jagannathan, editor-in-chief, Firstpost.com.

first published: Mar 16, 2012 05:51 pm

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