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    [Economic Survey Ch4] Inflation, WPI, CPI, monetary policy, RESIDEX gist of

    Prerequisite

    How to measure inflation?WPI

    CPI

    WPI vs CPI difference?GDP deflator

    Steps taken by Government to curb inflationVia import

    Via bans / coercive measures

    Via schemes

    Via Policy/Act

    Why Govt could not control inflation?Export bans = uncertainty

    Export bans = CAD

    Black money and gold purchase

    FDI and infra= No quick results

    Environmental clearances

    Steps taken by RBI to curb inflationCRR rates

    SLR rates

    Why RBI couldnt control inflation?

    Way ahead

    RESIDEX

    Mock questions

    Prerequisite

    To understand this article better, first go through earlier articles on following topics (click on the topic name)

    1. WPI calculation

    2. GDP deflator

    3. CRR, SLR, Repo, reverse repo, LAF and MSF

    How to measure inflation?

    There are three ways

    1. WPI

    2. CPI

    3. GDP deflator

    WPI

    Wholesale price index

    Compiled by Office of Economic Adviser ->Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

    Base year 2004

    Doesnt cover services.

    its calculated using Laspeyres formula.

    Items are classified into three categories

    1. Primary articles

    2. Fuel, power, light, lubricants

    3. Manufactured products.

    Earlier Government used to give weekly primary and food inflation data based on the Wholesale Price Index. But this practice has

    been discontinued since 2012.

    CPI

    Consumer price index

    In 2011, the CPI system was reformed

    Before 2011 After

    Subtypes

    There were four subtypes of CPI

    1. Agricultural Labourer (AL)2. Rural Labourer (RL)

    3. Industrial Workers (IW)

    4. Urban Non-Manual Employees (UNME)

    Now only three subtypes of CPI

    1. Entire urban population2. Entire rural population

    3. Urban + Rural (consolidate from above two)

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    Prepared

    by

    First three subtypes of CPI were prepared by Labour

    Bureau -> Ministry of Labour and Employment

    Last subtype was prepared by Central Statistical

    Organisation (CSO) -> Ministry of Statistics and

    Programme Implementation.

    All prepared by Central Statistical Organisation

    (CSO) -> Ministry of Statistics and Programme

    Implementation

    Baseyear

    Different years for different subtypes.

    1. Agri labour=1986

    2. rural labour=19863. Industrial workers=2001

    4. Urban non-manual=1984

    Common base year ( 2010) for all three subtypes.

    WPI vs CPI difference?

    WPICPI (reformed in

    2012)

    Compiled by Economic advisor CSO

    Ministry Commerce ministry Statistics ministry

    Includes services? No Yes

    Baseyear 2004 2010

    Items included 676 200

    Known as Headlineinflation?

    Yes no

    ImportanceWhen RBI and Government make policies, they mainly pay attention to this

    number.Not much

    GDP deflator

    How and why GDP deflator is calculated? Already explained in earlier article, click me So not going into details in the current

    article.

    GDP deflator is calculated by Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)-> Ministry of Statistics and program implementation.

    GDP deflator =GDP @current price divided by GDP @constant price

    GDP deflator is the most comprehensive number to measure inflation, but RBI /Government doesnt use it much for policy

    making because GDP deflator data comes quarterly (and not weekly/monthly basis).

    Measures to contain inflation

    By How?Government Taxation, Expenditure, export bans etc.

    RBI Repo, SLR, CRR

    Steps taken by Government to curb inflation

    Via import

    1. Govt reduced import duties for wheat, onions, pulses, and crude palmolein were reduced to zero

    2. Govt. allowed duty-free import of white/raw sugar.

    3. Govt. imported pulses and edible oils and distributed them at subsidized rate.

    Via bans / coercive measures

    4. Govt. put ban on onion export for short periods of time whenever required

    5. Govt. suspended futures trading in rice, urad, tur, guar gum and guar seed.

    6. Govt. banned exports of edible oils (except coconut oil and forest-based oil) and edible oils.

    7. Govt. imposed stock limits on certain essential commodities such as pulses, edible oil, and edible oilseeds and rice.8. Increased excise duty on gold.

    Via schemes

    9. Govt. has been giving rice and wheat to poor families at very cheap rate under the Antodyaya Anna Yojana.

    10. Govt. allocated huge amount of foodgrain under the targeted PDS (TPDS).

    11. government has allocated rice and wheat under the Open Market Sales Scheme (OMSS)

    12. direct cash transfer.

    13. Introduced Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving scheme (with tax benefits) to make people invest money in it, rather than in gold.

    Via Policy/Act

    14. Recently the government permitted FDI in multi-brand retail trading. This will improve logistical facilities connecting farmers

    with the final consumers and cut down the middlemen.

    15. The States of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal have recently waived the market fee on fruits and vegetables. Such waivers are

    expected to promote investment private sector in the infrastructure necessary for transports and processing of fruits and

    vegetables.16. Budgetary provisions for improving storage and warehousing facilities, creating infrastructure for aquaculture etc.

    Why Govt could not control inflation?

    From above points, it seems Government did lot of things to reduce inflation. Then why are we not seeing any good results?

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    Export bans = uncertainty

    Because, to fight food inflation, govt. started imposing ban on exporting some food commodities, increased and decreased the

    duties on import/export as necessary.

    While this may look a good solution for the short term but in long term, this creates uncertainty for businessmen, farmers.

    It reduces their incentive to produce more, because theyre not certain whether govt. will allow them to export or not? (for

    example Sugarcane->sugar, onion etc.)

    So indirectly, this affects employment and income of people => leads to more inflation.

    Export bans = CAD

    When Government puts ban on export of xyz item, that means India receives that much less foreign exchange (dollars). So thisincreases the Current Account deficit (CAD).

    When CAD increases = rupee weakens against dollar = crude oil become expensive for us = inflation in everything.

    Therefore, export bans are like firefighting / short term quickfix solutions. They donot solve the fundamental problems of Indian

    economy, infact they worsen it in long run.

    Black money and gold purchase

    All Government schemes = leakage, corruption. And corruption =black money. And black money is mostly invested in gold and

    real estate.

    So demand of gold forever high= high current account deficit = rupee weakens against dollar= crude oil price increases =

    petrol/diesel price increases = even more inflation.

    Government did try to hike excise duty, make PAN cards mandatory for high value gold purchase and even thought of putting

    bans on gold import. But these moves have been heavily opposed by the jeweler lobby, hence Government has shied away from

    doing anything radical to stop the gold consumption.

    Besides a small hike of 2-3% in gold excise duty doesnt prevent those bad guys with black money from buying gold! AndGovernment hasnt done much to stop the Black money / corruption either.

    FDI and infra= No quick results

    You have read and heard this ten thousand times that FDI in multibrand retail = no middlemen = less inflation in food. And

    similarly cold storage, and food processing infrastructure= less wastage.

    But, suppose Government allows wallmart on Monday, that doesnt mean from Tuesday Wallmart will start running and from

    Wednesday inflation will be gone. All these things take months and years to get file permission, construction, hiring and training

    employees, setting up supply lines etc.

    Environmental clearances

    Many coal and mining projects are not cleared due to environmental issues.

    This has affected the electricity and raw material supply = input cost increased in manufacturing sector=inflation.

    Fiscal consolidation

    Government is on the path of fiscal consolidation so it increased the prices of petrol, diesel and reduced the number of subsidizedLPG cylinders. These moves have increased the inflation.

    Steps taken by RBI to curb inflation

    Lets do a recap: from SBI manangers point of view

    CRR Ive to keep this much cash aside. I cannot loan it to people. I donot earn any interest on this.

    SLR Ive to invest this much cash in govt. securities, gold and reliable corporate bonds.

    Repo Ive to pay this much interest rate, IF I take short term loans from RBI.

    Reverse Repo I earn this much interest rate, IF I deposit my money in RBI for short term.

    So what will be the impact on liquidity when RBI changes these rates?

    Rate When rate is increased When rate is decreased

    CRR Liquidity decreases Liquidity increases

    SLR Liquidity decreases Liquidity increases

    Repo Rate Liquidity decreases Liquidity increases

    Note: RBI doesnt need to change reverse repo rate, because they automatically keep it 1% less than repo rate. (1%= 100 basis

    points).

    In winter, the supply of green vegetables is high so their price goes down. But in summer, their supply is low, so price goes high.

    Same is the link between liquidity and interest rates.

    When liquidity increases = loan interest rate decreases.

    When liquidity decreases = loan interest rate increases = harder to get loans for home, car, bike, business.

    RBI focused its monetary policy on two objectives

    1. Control inflation.2. Facilitate growth.

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    But It has been very difficult to do both these things at the same time. Because if RBI wants to control inflation, then it needed to

    reduce the liquidity= RBI had to increase repo rate, CRR. But this type of tight monetary policy badly affects both producers

    (businessmen) and consumers. Why?

    But when repo rate is increased= liquidity decreased= difficult to get loans for home, car, bike etc.= demand down + difficult for

    businessmen to get loans = this hurts the businessman and whatever hurts the businessmen also hurt the GDP and employment.

    To put this in refined words: the tight monetary policy of RBI decreased the flow of

    credit (loan) to productive sectors of Economy and hence negatively affected the growth.

    But due to inflationary pressures, RBI followed tight monetary policy during 2010-11.

    During this period, RBI raised policy rate (repo rate) by 3.75%= repo rate was increased from 4.75 per cent to 8.5 per cent.

    Check the following chart.

    But this move has backfired: global economy was progressing slow (due to problems in EU, and USA not yet fully recovered)

    => so, this tight monetary policy actually contributed to a sharper slowdown of Indian economy than anticipated.

    GDP growth rate fell down from good 9+% to around 5-6%.

    CRR rates

    Check the chart

    As you can see, between 2010-11, here too, RBI kept increasing CRR rates to curb inflation. But from 2012 onwards, RBI has started

    decreasing the CRR.

    SLR rates

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    As you can see, RBI hasnt changed SLR much in last three years.

    Why RBI couldnt control inflation?

    Were facing inflation because there is mismatch between supply and demand.

    Supply (of food, gold, houses, everything) is low While demand of those items (particularly food) is high (because population is high, the income levels of public has increased).

    Now think about this: What can RBI do? It can only increase the interest rates.

    While increased interest rates may decrease the demand of houses, cars, bikes but it cannot directly decrease the demand of food,

    milk and other essential commodities.

    In other words, Interest rates cannot change the dietary habits of people, not at least in the short term.

    Besides, high interest rates make it difficult for businessmen to borrow = less new projects = less new employment, less GDP.

    Therefore primary solution to fight Indias inflation =Increase the supply of food items.

    But this will requie thorough revision of the way govt. treats agriculture, allied activities, food processing and infrastructure.

    Small farms, disguised unemployment, heavy reliance on monsoon : all these issues must be addressed in comprehensive

    manner.

    Way ahead

    For RBI

    World Banks report (January 2013) says prices of most of the global commodity prices are expected decrease in 2013 and 14

    (except for metals.)

    However, as per the assessment of RBI, global economic and financial conditions are still fragile. So theyre not providing any

    growth stimulus to the economy. (for example, if situation in Europe and America was good, theyd have been importing a lot

    more goods and services from India= Indias GDP could increase.)

    So in that context, even if RBI drastically reduces repo or CRR, that wont do much good to economy.

    For Government

    tackling the supply side bottlenecks take months and years.

    So in the mean time poor people must be protected from the inflation.

    Thats why govt. needs to continue giving welfare schemes and subsidies.

    But such support must be targeted to the right beneficiaries: thats where UID/Aadhar, Direct cash transfer comes into picture.

    Other than that, Government needs to continue pushing for fiscal consolidation, deregulation of sugar pricing (as per

    Rangarajans recommendations), and other policy initiatives.

    On a side note:

    RESIDEX

    Rural to urban migration is an inevitable part of economic growth.

    But when people migrate from rural areas to urban areas, it creates pressure on civic amenities and housing (slums).

    Year % of Indian population living in Urban areas

    1951 17

    2011 30

    2040 50 (expected)

    Until recently, we did not have an index to capture the prices of residential buildings in urban areas.

    Hence Residex index was launched in 2007.

    This index records the changes in the prices of residential buildings.

    According to the RESIDEX, the housing prices have declined in Hyderabad, Banglore and Jaipur (from 2007 to 2012) but they

    have increased by more than 100% in Pune, Bhopal and Chennai.

    Mock questions

    1. Correct statements about WPI?

    a. It is released by finance ministry

    b. It classifies items into three categories 1) primary 2) fuel and fodder 3) Manufactured products and services.

    c. It is calculated using Laspeyres formula.

    d. None of above

    2. Incorrect statements about CPI

    a. The base year is 2004-05

    b. It is calculated by Labour Bureau with the help of NSSO

    c. Both A and B

    d. Neither A or B.

    3. Correct statements

    a. CPI measures price change in both goods and services.

    b. WPI measures price change in only in goods but not in services.c. Both A and B

    d. Neither A or B.

    4. What is the formula for GDP deflator?

    a. GDP at constant price divided by current price

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    b. GDP at current price divided by annual WPI

    c. WPI divided by CPI

    d. GDP at current price divided by constant price

    5. What is RESIDEX?

    a. It is a drug to combat swine flu.

    b. It is a new vaccine for rabies.

    c. It is an index to capture the prices of residential buildings in urban areas.

    d. It is an index to capture the prices of residential buildings in both rural and urban areas.

    6. Between March 2011 to March 2013, what was the highest Repo rate?

    a. 9.00b. 7.25

    c. 8.50

    d. None of Above

    7. Which of the following can be used to measure inflation directly?

    a. Current Account deficit

    b. GDP deflator

    c. Fiscal deficit

    d. Purchasing power parity

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    132 comments to [Economic Survey Ch4] Inflation, WPI, CPI, monetary policy, RESIDEX gist of

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    Please replyI have not recieved the confirmation mail from upsc for the successful submission of formDo i need to fill the form again?

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    Try to fill part II of the registration process again with RID. Website will guid you accordingly.

    PriyankaReply to this comment

    When i fill my RID it says that your form has been successfully submitted..I evn tried calling upsc but they are not taking up calls

    karanReply to this comment

    hey u sure it saying submitted, i tried the same i.e. filling part 2, it says its completed.

    deepak

    same problem wid me..no mail confirmation but part 2 registration says your form has been completed

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    You have successfully submitted your form for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2013.

    Your Registration ID: 0000000.

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    Please Confirm before last date. May be , you can check with UPSC. Last time one of acquaintances got some problem with formfilling so could not appear.

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    AmruthReply to this comment

    Hello priyanka,dont worry mate everything will be alryt and as it said it is successfully completed, why r u bothering.. hope u got the confirmation

    mail by now, if u havent then just try one more time if u cant get UPSC just fill it for second time.With best wishes,Amruth.

    anksReply to this comment

    Hey , same thing has happened to me, i dint get the 2nd confirmation mail, and isnt fillinf it for the second time makes it invalid?

    RAKESHReply to this comment

    can anyone please suggest me which is right? thanksConsider the following1. Market borrowing

    2. Treasury bills3. Special securities issued to RBIWhich of these is/are components(s) of internal debt?(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2(c) 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3

    nishaReply to this comment

    I think a

    vidsReply to this comment

    d. All three are form of internal debt.

    anksReply to this comment

    D. All three are internal debts however treasury bills are also issued for FIIs in such a case the debts are not internal.

    anksReply to this comment

    in addition like the limit for the FII incesting in G sec(T bills) is 25 billion thus they can be bothways.

    rakeshReply to this comment

    all a,b,c

    KarthikeyanReply to this comment

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    Sir, can U please put up an article on NCTC.

    VickyReply to this comment

    http://mrunal.org/2012/09/polity-nctc.html

    geetikasg

    Reply to this commentDear Mrunal sir,I really appreciate your effort for making it all so comprehensible.I am addicted to your blog.A big fan!Warm regards. Thank u so much.Geetika

    jeeetReply to this comment

    good one article on economy

    jeeetReply to this comment

    thanks sir

    KUMARReply to this comment

    ItsBBCACCA

    harshwardhan

    Reply to this commentTHERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO UNDERSTAND ALL THESE ECONOMY BOUTS WITHOUT HELP OF YOUR ARTICLES .. GREATWORK

    brijitReply to this comment

    hi, mrunalwhen r u putting an article for DI and ENGLISH for SBI PO?waiting eagerlythanks

    TarunReply to this comment

    Hi can anyone please replyOn which of the following rates reserve bank of india purchase the other commercial paper and rediscounts bills of exchange from thebanks?1-Repo rate2-Reserve Repo rate3-bank rate4-base rate

    TarunReply to this comment

    On which of the following rates reserve bank of india purchase the other commercial paper and rediscounts bills of exchange from thebanks?1-Repo rate2-Reserve Repo rate3-bank rate4-base rate

    Anyone reply please

    DivyaReply to this comment

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    According to me it should be BANK RATE as RBI lends money to commercial bank on repo rate by keeping their security paper andaccording to question RBI PURCHASE THE OTHER COMMERCIAL PAPER and its not security paper so it should be bank rate.what say??????????/

    Darshan ThakkerReply to this comment

    You are right. In bank rate commercial bill are given by bank to rbi and in repo and reverse repo, govt securities.

    VijayReply to this comment

    Its Reverse repo rate..

    piyushReply to this comment

    its:cacdccb

    jitendraReply to this comment

    Thanks again for such a valuable knowledge, I am highly inspired by you. The way you are helping the students is unmatched to anyother services. Sir i have a question to you? Sir i want to know that do you think upsc really requires optional subject in order to selectdeserving candidates. Dont you think that upsc should keep gs only

    PRINCE TOMARReply to this comment

    Mock questions answer as follow:-1.C2.B3.C

    4.D5.C6.C7.BA line of confirmation will be highly appreciated.Regards.

    vishvender ranaReply to this comment

    cpi revised base year is 2010 so ans of 2. c

    vinayakReply to this comment

    when will the fifth chapter of economic survey be uploaded?????

    dayaReply to this comment

    1. b,c2. c3. c4. d5. c6. c7. b

    MohitReply to this comment

    In question 1. option b fuel and fodder . is it correct?

    hanishReply to this comment

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    ans for 1 is c. option b contains manufactured goods and services.but wpi wont count services.

    AshReply to this comment

    Hello MrunalThanx for your wonderful efforts.I am preparing for Upsc and have some doubts regarding economy for prelims.Economy is my weakest link and as u can see not much time left to improve.

    I have Ramesh Singh book but to cover the basics and then the current would take hell lot of time.So what I want to ask is about your economy notes or PDFsare they alone good enough for answering economy in pre???It would be great if somehow I could attempt even 40-45% of economy questions askesd in pre.Please guide

    mohanReply to this comment

    Kindly suggest best books for following syllabus of Ap state service.

    LAND REFORMS & SOCIAL CHANGES IN A.P. AFTER INDEPENDENCE1. Historical background of land reforms and the change in laws from time to time Intermediaries abolition, tenancy reforms, ceilingson holdings and land issues in A.P.2. Structure of the Andhra Pradesh economy its sectoral and regional distribution andthe extent of poverty. Agricultural inputs and technology.3. Demographic features and social backwardness, literacy and occupation structure;changes in the sectoral distribution of income and employment. Socio-political and

    economic empowerment of women.4. State finances and budgetary policy tax structure, sharing central taxes, expenditurepattern in revenue and capital account as well as plan and non-plan accounts. Publicdebt composition internal and external debt including World Bank loans.5. Five year plans of AP Outlays, financing public sector plan and resource allocationpattern in the recent 5 year plan.PLANNING IN INDIA & INDIAN ECONOMY1. National and per capita income and human development Sectoral changes in theIndian Economy (GDP and work force).2. Indian Planning Objectives, priorities, specific aims of the recent 5 year planexperience and problems. Changes in the role of public-Private Sectors and theirshares in the total plan outlay before and after economic reforms.3. Poverty and unemployment problems magnitude and measures initiated toameliorate them.4. Monetary policy Structure of Indian Banking and non-banking financial institutionsand reforms in them since the 1990sregulation of credit by RBI.5. Pattern of revenue, expenditure and public debt and effects on the economy.

    ANDHRA PRADESHS ECONOMY, PRESENT STATUS, ITS STRENGTHS ANDWEAKNESSES1. Growth and structure of industries in AP; Factories, small and tiny sectors, theircomparison, growth, weaknesses and problems.2. Structure of agricultural outputs. Administratedprices including support andprocurement prices Public Distribution System in Andhra Pradesh.3. Regional disparities in income, industrial output, rainfall, irrigation, health andeducation in AP.4. Institutional and non-institutional sources of rural credit in AP structure and growth cooperatives and their share in total credit adequacy and problems.5. Service Sector of AP Importance, composition and growth with special reference totransport and communication, tourism and information technology.

    hanishReply to this comment

    1)c2)c3)c4)d5)c6)c7)b

    Santosh BeheraReply to this comment

    1-c2-d3-c4-d5-c6-c

    7-b

    KumarReply to this comment

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    finally i saw someone with whom my answers matched :)

    sunilReply to this comment

    ans of 2) should be (c)both statement incorrect new cpi index all are prepared by cso with base year 2010

    VijayReply to this comment

    Bro you rock man..seriously

    Been suffering to do the survey myself due to time constraint. Browse up and I find this!!!Now its gonna be an easy game Thank you so much..

    SonalReply to this comment

    This is by far the best educational blog I have ever come acrossIts a talent to make things so comprehensiblekeep up the goodworkyou are a true genius

    AakanshaReply to this comment

    Thanx Mrunal. U rock !!

    Vikas TomarReply to this comment

    correct Answer Keysc,c,c,d,c,c,b

    Ignore Above faulty Keys.

    sunilReply to this comment

    ccc

    dccb

    praveenReply to this comment

    thanks sir

    praveenReply to this comment

    hats off

    SAGARReply to this comment

    When liquidity increases = loan interest rate decreases.When liquidity decreases = loan interest rate increases = harder to get loans for home, car, bike, business.COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN IT IN BRIEF

    RanjithReply to this comment

    Hi,

    LIQUIDITY INCREASES:When liquidity increase -> more money is available in the market(for ex: Bank). Banks run business mainly by earnings frominterests. If a bank keeps their interest rate very high, customers wont approach it(because more money in market, they can get forless interest from some money lenders). So the banks are forced to keep the interest rates low.

    LIQUIDITY DECREASES:

    When liquidity decreases -> less money is available in the market(for ex: Bank). Money availability is less, so customers wont havevarious means to get money(money lenders wont have money to lend :-)). Banks cant lend all the money with less interest(everyone will take the least available money and bank will with no money). so the Banks will increase the interest rate, which is notgood for doing business, so customers taking loan will decrease.

    Hope it helps.. :)

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    SudeepReply to this comment

    Mrunal, please correct this statement In 2012, the CPI system was reformed and Before 2012 . The correct year is 2011.

    nocturnalReply to this comment

    About the new CPI http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69636

    KinshukReply to this comment

    This chapter said that exempting vegetables and fruits from mandi fees will encourage development of backend infrastructure by privatetraders. Can you please explain how?

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