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Rajan’s deputy appointed RBI Governor

  New Delhi / Bloomberg Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoted a deputy governor to lead India’s central bank, ensuring that sweeping reforms initiated under Raghuram Rajan would continue. Urjit Patel, who oversees the monetary policy department at the Reserve Bank of India under Rajan, has been appointed for three years, the government said in a statement on Saturday. Patel, 52, ...

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Indonesia’s Indrawati to build trust, boost tax revenue

  Bloomberg Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is putting trust-building at the top of her agenda as she tries to get more Indonesians to pay their taxes to raise funds for a massive infrastructure plan aimed at stimulating growth in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. “My job, first, is to restore confidence in the whole fiscal policy and our budget,” Indrawati ...

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Goldman says don’t bet on dollar selloff as dovish Fed priced in

  Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is telling clients not to fret about a sharp selloff in the dollar as the Federal Reserve re-examines the path of interest rates. The market is already far more dovish than policy makers, the bank says. The greenback weakened for a second week after minutes of the Fed’s July meeting showed officials are divided ...

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