At the end of the post-policy conference call between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and researchers and analysts, most participants found themselves left with a lot of homework — given by the Governor himself. During the call, participants made suggestions to RBI to improve the quality and speed of data analysis and dissemination. D Subbarao’s reply was to ask them to undertake research on how to achieve this and send in a copy of their findings to the central bank!