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&nbsp;Liquidity: May tighten Liquidity may not remain surplus this week. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already sucked out Rs 18,500 crore from the system through two tranches of hike in the cash reserve ratio (CRR).

CRR, auctions may strain liquidity, Re to dip

Even as the liquidity has started drying up in the domestic market following two tranches of CRR hike and absorption of funds under government borrowing programme, the bearish data on industrial production buoyed the market sentiment.

Volumes, prices shoot up in govt securities market

P>Improving returns on our reserves is less important than agreeing why we hold them.

Suman Bery: What comes next?

&nbsp;Two days ago, I got talking to the head of a foreign bank in India. I asked him, inevitably, how he was currently viewing the whole sub-prime meltdown.

Govindraj Ethiraj: Tight Money Days Ahead

OIS and corporate bonds: Issuers cautious 
Tight liquidity after the CRR hike forced public sector undertaking Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to defer its bond issue for raising funds to the next week.

PFC defers bond issue on cash crunch

Liquidity: Under strain 
The liquidity position has started showing signs of strain since the Reserve bank of India could absorb only Rs 2400 crore from the market.

Liquidity dries up on CRR hikes

&nbsp;"I have been used to transfers throughout my career. I am now also used to transfer from active to passive life.

`Customer care is a continuous challenge`

With ICICI Bank recently offering to reduce the equated monthly instalments (EMIs) of existing customers for high tenure loans, many may like to exercise this option because it would reduce their burden for the time being.

Reduced EMIs mean higher payouts

Liquidity: Tight times
Two tranches of cash reserve ratio (CRR) hike and couple of auctions of government securities and treasury bills for mopping up excess liquidity finally resulted in tightening of the money situation.

Rising yields amid funds crunch

&nbsp;LIC's new brand ad takes on a philosophical tone. 
&nbsp;A little girl lets a paper boat sail in a stream from the hills.

On an emotional note

G-sec: Bearish mood
The sentiment in the government securities market remained bearish and volumes on the negotiated dealing system were moderate at Rs 3,100 crore.

G-sec yields rise in bearish market

G-sec: Bearish mood
Prices of government securities (G-sec) ended down on day because most investors preferred to stay light before the big auctions on Friday, dealers said.

G-sec prices drop as traders stay away

In the last couple of years, reverse mortgage (RM) has been touted aggressively as a product that will allow the elderly to unlock the value of their house.

Valuation, low payout hit reverse mortgage

G-sec: Pervasive selling 
There was widespread selling of government papers by both private and public sector banks.

Negative news takes a toll on G-sec

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Liquidity: Reduced call rates The outlook on liquidity remained bearish in the medium to long term.

Mixed signals on the money front

Liquidity: Not a problem The demand from oil companies for short-term working capital loans to pay for imports kept big lenders such as the public sector banks away from the call money market.

Call hits 8 per cent as banks rush for funds

G-sec: Worrying times
The investment limit for foreign institutional investors (FII) in debt instruments has been hiked by $3.3 billion.

Inflation concerns hit bonds, money supply

Liquidity: Looking up The liquidity situation has started getting better and the amount of funds infused by the Reserve Bank of India had come down from highs of Rs 30,000-40,000 crore to Rs

Banks play safe despite improving liquidity, Re rises

Liquidity: Comfort zone The liquidity position remained comfortable, with the Reserve Bank of India absorbing around Rs 20,000 crore from the system.

CBLO rates dip below 1 per cent

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