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In His Own Tweets: What India's New Central Bank Governor Thinks

For a glimpse of his views on key economic themes, here’s a selection of tweets from Das in the past few months.

In His Own Tweets: What India's New Central Bank Governor Thinks
Shaktikanta Das, the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India, pauses during the 50th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting in Yokohama, Japan

(Bloomberg) -- India’s new central bank governor Shaktikanta Das is an active user of Twitter, a sharp contrast to his predecessor, Urjit Patel, who was publicity shy and rarely gave interviews.

For a glimpse of his views on key economic themes, here’s a selection of tweets from Das in the past few months. His Twitter handle is @DasShaktikanta

In His Own Tweets: What India's New Central Bank Governor Thinks

On Taking Office (Dec. 12)

On Budget Gaps (Sept. 16)

The tweet landed when India was being buffeted by rising oil prices and the rupee was dropping amid worries about a widening trade deficit and concerns about budget targets.

On Macro Economy (Sept. 13)

On Banking (Sept. 16)

On Global Headwinds (Oct. 15)

On Central Banks (Oct. 18)

On India’s Competitiveness (Oct. 31)

To contact the reporter on this story: Anirban Nag in Mumbai at anag8@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Malcolm Scott at mscott23@bloomberg.net, ;Nasreen Seria at nseria@bloomberg.net, Chris Bourke

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