Page 4 - Interest Rate Cut

Festive rate cut not a mispricing of risks: Union Bank of India MD & CEO

In a Q&A, Rajkiran Rai G says retail credit can't make up for tepid corporate demand

Best of BS Opinion: Changing a monolith, bare necessities for India & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

'Was an oversight': Govt drops reduction in interest rates on small savings

Government had announced a cut in small savings rates by 50-100 basis points for the first quarter of the new financial year.

Rate cut on small savings: Elections, WEF report linked to fastest recall

West Bengal leads the annual state wise table of contribution to small savings at 15.09 per cent. For the year FY18, Tamil Nadu is fifth in the small savings pecking order at 4.8 per cent

Shades of status quo

Reversal of interest rate cut should have been avoided

The dark side of low interest rates

While the low interest rate policy may or may not help with investment, output and employment, it can aggravate, if not cause, financial instability

Slowdown blues: RBI rate cuts not effective anymore, say analysts

Analysts want RBI to look at 'unconventional' monetary policy measures for a revival nudge

Govt may cut interest rates on PPF, other small savings schemes: Report

The finance ministry has been nudging public sector banks to pass the whole repo rate cuts to retail loans for pushing consumption

Will the RBI cut rates today? Fiscal boost also needed to battle slowdown

The Reserve Bank of India is expected to hold a media interaction later in the day today. It is widely expected that the central bank will cut rates and announce measures to boost sentiment.

Deposit rate cut beyond a point is risky, India lacks safety net: SBI chief

On rate transmission by banks, Kumar said when interest rate moves downwards then everybody starts talking and when it goes upwards nobody talks about it

Experts see 25 bps rate cut by RBI in December, FY20 GDP forecast at 6%

Repo rate now stands at 5.15%, lowest in nine years. A sixth cut this year would mark the longest streak of consecutive rate cuts since the current interest rate framework was introduced 20 years ago

Q2 GDP, core sector data may push RBI to cut rates in December: economists

The GDP growth rate for Q2FY20 was in line with the market expectation at 4.5 per cent, says Deepthi Mary Mathew, economist, Geojit Financial Services

New challenge to economy: Lenders not passing on rate cuts to customers

A decision to announce a fresh stimulus could be a tough one for the government, after its budget deficit topped 90% of its full-year goal

Gold soars to 6-year-high to $1,450 on US Fed rate cut hint, Iran tensions

The metal has gained nearly 2% so far this week, on track for a second consecutive weekly gain

Finance Ministry cuts small savings interest rates for July-Sept quarter

The stated objective of this move is to reduce cost of capital and enable higher lending and thus boost economic activity

Finance Ministry cuts small savings interest rates for July-Sept quarter

The stated objective of this move is to reduce cost of capital and enable higher lending and thus boost economic activity

Will cut interest rates further once marginal cost of funds declines: SBI

SBI announced only a 0.05% cut in interest rate on home loans of up to Rs 30 lakh despite the RBI cutting the repo rate by 0.25% last week

When cutting interest rates might not help in determining good policy

Whether there is a floor beneath which cuts in interest rate are ineffective depends in part on house prices

RBI policy this week: As food prices drop, pressure grows for interest rate cuts

Calls for RBI to cut its policy rate beyond 25 bp that markets priced in for Wednesday's meeting

Interest rate cut need of the hour, FinMin to tell PM Modi

The govt is keen on a rate cut to help boost the economy