But it will lose sheen if the world economy achieves a soft landing
Controlling about a third of India's online grocery market, Bigbasket was acquired by Tata last year
While two of the eminent panelists - Ghosh and Nayar - said they expect a pause in the monetary cycle by the MPC, Chakraborty, Sagar, and Kapoor said the MPC could still hike by 25-50 basis points
Governor Das said due to persistent core inflation, there is no room for complacency and the battle against inflation is not over
Make sure buying a house will not lead to compromises on other crucial financial goals
With this rate hike, HDFC has now passed on the entire rate hike done by the six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to the borrowers
This comes after RBI's monetary policy committee raised repo rate by 35 bps earlier this month to take it to 6.25%
Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) raised deposit rates by 15-100bps, the maximum increase being for bulk deposits
Brent crude futures fell 64 cents, or 0.8%, to $82.06 per barrel by 0730 GMT, while US crude futures slid 73 cents, or 0.9%, to $76.55
Major private lenders such as HDFC Bank, ICICI, Axis revise rates; deposit rates now catching up with RBI rate hikes
Financial markets and professional forecasters seem braced for the latter
More than 50 central banks have gone for 75-bp increases, with over 275 rate hikes this year
Global central banks are pausing or nearing the end of their interest-rate hiking cycles as inflation shows signs of slowing and recession concerns mount
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Main risk is core inflation remaining sticky: Governor
Credit growth stayed robust in October this year amid significant rise in interest rates
According to the RBI governor, persistent and sticky core inflation remains a cause for concern
Subdued Asian markets and continued selling by foreign investors further weighed on investor sentiment, traders said
Broader markets, especially automobile stocks, may also react negatively going ahead
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