Anjali Kumari
Anjali Kumari
The liquidity deficit in the system widened to Rs 1.96 trillion on Sunday
The Board also reviewed the global and domestic economic situation and outlook, including the challenges posed by geopolitical developments and global financial market volatility
Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Harvesh Seegolam, Governor of the Bank of Mauritius, and Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, were also present
The launch will enable the availability of UPI settlement services for Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka and Mauritius, as well as for Mauritian nationals travelling to India
"On the retail side, its technologies, how systems cope and how people behave are the focus areas. So we are not looking at volumes," Sankar said
In 2021, the RBI had given full freedom to entities on interest rates to be charged for microloans by lifting the interest rate cap of 24 per cent put earlier
Das had clarified the RBI would try to keep liquidity at a level wherein the overnight call rate, the operating target of the monetary policy, remained around the repo rate
RBI to conduct 14-day variable rate repo auction on Friday
'Imperative for monetary policy to actively pursue disinflation to anchor inflation expectations,' says Shaktikanta Das
Market participants are attempting to address the uneven liquidity and absorb the excess liquidity resulting from government spending, stated a dealer at a primary dealership
The central bank will conduct another overnight VRRR auction of Rs 50,000 crore on Wednesday
Banks parked Rs 18,750 crore at the auction against a notified amount of Rs 50,000 crore at a weighted average rate of 6.49 per cent
Focus on liquidity; few expect neutral stance
The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond touched the day's low of 7.02 per cent as the government announced lower-than-expected gross borrowing for financial year 2024-25 on Thursday
Fiscal deficit target lower than expected; room for RBI to cut rate
Market participants said that if the government refrains from spending, the central bank might resort to other measures to infuse liquidity apart from variable rate repo auctions
The first MPC formulated policies between October 2016 and August 2020. The second MPC, with three new external members, was established in October 2020
In the preceding VRR auctions, the central bank received a significant response, with banks submitting bids ranging between 2.5 to 3.2 times the bidding amounts due to tight liquidity conditions
Patra said that ensuring robust cybersecurity measures in banking organisations is imperative to maintain public trust in the financial system
Market participants expect rupee to appreciate further in the current calendar year