UPSC Economy PYQ breakdown reveals trends, question weightage and key topics like inflation, GDP, banking and fiscal policy.

Check the most repeated topics based on previous year questions including inflation, RBI functions, fiscal policy, GDP concepts, external sector and financial markets.

Central banks in late 2021 kicked off the steepest and most coordinated series of interest rate hikes in four decades to contain the postpandemic inflation outbreak (see Chart 1). Many economists ...

Much of today’s economic debate is plagued by a basic category error. Policymakers, commentators and even central bankers talk endlessly about inflation, when what ...

LNG price spikes also merit attention — city gas distribution companies and fertiliser manufacturers with spot LNG exposure could see meaningful input cost pressure if the disruption persists into Q4, ...

Central bankers are tapping nontraditional data sources for a more complete picture of the economy In the spring of 2020, the Federal Reserve faced a challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic was upending ...

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. The U.S. Monetary Policy Event-Study Database (USMPD) collects high-frequency changes of interest rates and asset prices around Federal ...

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The Federal Reserve's dual mandate — price stability and maximum employment — normally provides a clear directional signal for monetary policy. When unemployment rises, the policy prescription is ...