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In His Own Tweets: What RBI’s Governor Shaktikanta Das Thinks  

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

Shaktikanta Das, economic affairs secretary at India’s Ministry of Finance, speaks during the 50th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. (Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg)
Shaktikanta Das, economic affairs secretary at India’s Ministry of Finance, speaks during the 50th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. (Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- India’s new central bank governor Shaktikanta Das is an active user of Twitter, a sharp contrast to the outgoing chief 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

Shaktikanta Das. (Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg)
Shaktikanta Das. (Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg)

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)

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