The RBI has emphatically stepped up its response to the economic and financial market fallout from the coronavirus outbreak with another emergency announcement today. It has also left the door wide open for further monetary loosening. A similarly-bold fiscal response, following yesterday’s relatively timid measures, is now needed to prevent the dramatic economic slowdown from spiralling into something even more malignant.
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