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REPLUG | We don't ask real questions: Abhijit Banerjee

Economist Abhijit Banerjee has won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize along with two others. Here is an interview he gave Business Standard in January.

Bond market uncertain about govt's borrowing plans in next fiscal

A section of the market expects the government to borrow at least Rs 7 trillion, up from its current fiscal's Rs 6 trillion

RBI governor's concerns on growth may not lead to rate cuts in February

Shaktikanta Das reiterated that growth should be taken care of even during inflation battle

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das favours flexible policy objectives

The RBI Act was amended in November 2016 to make the goal as "maintaining price stability keeping in mind the objective of growth." Before that, growth was a clear objective of the RBI

Global bad debt buyers rethink India plans over resolution delays

Indian banks are seriously capital-starved and the introduction of global stressed assets funds can only increase the buyers' base

Companies can raise $750 mn yearly via external commercial borrowings: RBI

The minimum maturity profile of the ECBs should be three years, except certain cases

IIFL to raise Rs 2,000 crore via public issue of bonds starting Jan 22

The bonds will have a call option, which means the management can buy back the bonds, if they wish to, after a specific period

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das meets NBFCs on liquidity crisis, assures help

The NBFCs suggested that the RBI should reduce the minimum holding period to 3 months for loans having maturity of 2-5 years

Non-resident Indians step up deposits in November by $4.15 billion

Outstanding NRI deposits stood at $125.68 billion in November, from $121.53 billion in October

Volatile exchange rate slows dollar bond issuance by Indian companies

While dollar bond issuance in 2017 was at $13.11 billion, it dropped to $6.09 billion in 2018

Every $10 per barrel hike in oil price raises CPI by 0.49%, says study

If prices hit $85 a barrel, the deficit on account of oil would be $106.4 billion - 3.61% of India's GDP - reveals study

Spread between corporate, G-Sec, bonds narrow as liquidity improves

FPIs have been complaining about restrictions on investments put on debt issuance, but the government removed those in September, as rupee was depreciating

Explained: What was the need to merge Vijaya, Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda

The merged entity will become India's third largest bank after SBI and HDFC Bank

Banks want RBI to revise Feb 12 circular, ease asset classification norms

Banks have requested a relook on its February 12 circular that makes a firm a defaulter as soon as it misses a payment within the due date

Jet Airways defaults on loan repayment to banks, credit rating slips to 'D'

Over the past several months, the airline has struggled to pay vendors and staff salaries on time

Swap ratio fixed for Bank of Baroda merger with Vijaya, Dena bank

Vijaya, Dena shareholders to get 402 & 110 shares, respectively, of BoB for every 1,000 held

RBI allows one-time restructuring of MSME loans of up to Rs 25 crore

To be eligible, the MSME account should remain a 'standard asset' as of January 1

Situation could be serious for banks if top group borrower defaults: RBI

Stress tests reveal that the losses could be around 7.6 per cent and 13.6 per cent of the capital at the system level under the assumed scenarios

Shaktikanta Das' to-do list at RBI: Easing liquidity to deciding on PCA

Many past illustrious RBI governors were government officials, Shaktikanta Das would have to take their legacy forward

LCR steals SLR's thunder: India adopts a modern measure of bank liquidity

The decades' old method of impounding bank deposits is making way for a more robust system