‘Inflation will remain high in the foreseeable future’

Economist and former executive director of the Nepal Rastra Bank Keshav Acharya on the state of the economy.

Keshav Acharya is an economist and a former executive director of the Nepal Rastra Bank. He also served as chief economic advisor at the Finance Ministry and has worked in several think tanks on economic policies. With the national economy facing multiple headwinds, Krishana Prasain and Prithvi Man Shrestha from the Post caught up with Acharya to discuss the state of the economy. Excerpts: