I thought you might find it interesting to hear a bit about how the staff of the Federal Reserve uses financial-market information to try to improve forecasts and help guide policy decisions. As you will see, asset prices provide information, particularly about market expectations, that is difficult to obtain elsewhere.
So, private sector, the farming community itself, was a major driver of growth in the agricultural sector. The Union Budget 2014–15 has rightly recognised the need to revive  BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  public investment and has enhanced the sum allocated towards agriculture investment and warehousing. 7. Let us now turn to some of the trends in agricultural credit.