Business Standard

Monday, December 23, 2024 | 04:46 AM ISTEN Hindi

Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Tax mix and rates in a low interest environment will change

Low inflation means at its best zero inflation, which is good. But low interest rates don't mean a zero rate because that would be bad

Image
Premium

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan
When supply goes up, prices usually tend to go down, provided demand remains constant or declines. By and large, the same thing happens to money also.

That’s why we have seen interest rates gradually tending down for the last 30 years. The supply of money has been increasing. In some countries the rates have gone to zero or almost zero.

This much is known. But what effect does this have on fiscal policy which caused the supply of money to rise in the first place?

Before answering that, let’s get a tricky question out of the way: what exactly is meant by ‘low’
Disclaimer: These are personal views of the writer. They do not necessarily reflect the opinion of www.business-standard.com or the Business Standard newspaper

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in