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    Zooming gold loans, rising defaults: What does this combo tell us about the Indian economy?

    If there is rising stress at the bottom of the pyramid, such as in sensitive gold loan and microloan portfolios, the RBI should be worried. It should acknowledge the problem rather than pretending all is well in the economy.

    Dinesh Unnikrishnan
    January 01, 2025 / 08:19 IST
    Gold loans are turning bad in the books of banks
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