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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Liquidity: Free flowing The system was flush with liquidity since the Reserve Bank of India has already absorbed around Rs 60,490 crore from banks.

RBI sucks out excess funds

G-sec: Yields up In another measure to control liquidity and contain inflation, the government has advanced the auction of two dated securities scheduled to be held between April 18 and 25

Govt advances gilt auctions

Liquidity: In deficit Liquidity was in short supply in the system. Banks were wary of lending funds as they are in the process of building their portfolio for the Reporting Friday next week.

CBLO rates hover near 6 per cent

Young borrowers have the opportunity to get bigger loans because age is on their side.

Power of Youth

OIS and corporate bonds: Dull times

No takers for Tata Power bond issue

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to do a balancing act by further liberalising limits on the foreign exchange outflow to tackle the capital inflow and its impact on inflation.

RBI may ease norms to boost forex outflow

&nbsp;The central bank wants to ease credit flow to agriculture sector. 
&nbsp;In order to balance growth with inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to tighten the margin or collateralised requirement for credit or working capital loans to industrial houses while relaxing credit flow to the farm sector.

RBI may tighten margin for collateralised credit

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep key policy rates unchanged in the next week&#39;s annual policy as a part of a strategy to balance growth and inflation.

Rates may stay unchanged

Liquidity: Surplus mode
A day prior to the reporting Friday, liquidity continued to remain surplus.

Abundant funds on the eve of reporting Friday

The Reserve Bank of India may relax the asset classification norms for infrastructure loans to push lending for the sector.

RBI may relax NPA norms for infra loans

In order to offer a level playing field to co-operative banks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may allow them to use new products for raising funds from the debt market.

More fund-raising options for co-op banks

Liquidity: Likely to tighten The market may face tight liquidity following the first tranche of the cash reserve ratio (CRR) hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) coming into effect.

All eyes on RBI's credit policy

P>The annual announcement of the monetary and credit policy for 2008-09 will be made by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tomorrow, amidst heightened anxiety about the inflationary situation in the country.

Editorial: No double-whammy, please

Liquidity: Comfortable times Liquidity remained comfortable even as the borrowing rates in the money market were relatively firm.

Ample funds despite CRR hike, cash absorption

Interest rates are not expected to go up immediately even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced a fresh 25-basis-point hike in the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the amount of cash banks must keep with the central bank, in its Annual Policy Statement for 2008-09.

Lending rates may be unchanged

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said early on Tuesday that tackling inflation is an immediate concern as it had "consequences" for growth.

Dousing the inflation fire

Banks now need to set aside less capital for loans of up to Rs 30 lakh; they should be in a position to pass on the savings to customers in the form of lower rates.

Home loans may become cheaper

Overall Assessment 

<LI>While aggregate supply capacities expanded and alleviated domestic macro-imbalances in 2007-08 to some extent, available indicators suggest that economic activity in India currently continues to be mainly demand-driven.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted banks to classify 100 per cent of the credit outstanding under general credit card (GCC) and overdrafts, up to Rs.

General credit card loans to be part of priority sector

Banks exposure to the commodity sector has come under the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) glare.

Commodity sector under RBI's lens

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