Page 29 - Interest Rate Hike

Monetary and fiscal policies cannot be a 'question of either or': Das

'Our assessment and the resultant policy move are fully-geared by the evolving domestic inflation and growth scenarios'

Record debt, recovery support to keep rate hikes by RBI in slow lane

The key takeaway from Governor Shaktikanta Das's address on Thursday will be how the RBI plans to support the government's record $200 billion borrowing

Dollar up, euro down as pair face off in interest rate hike tussle

The new rate expectations for both the Fed and ECB pit the dollar and euro against each other as to which will gain an upper hand

RBI may wait for a few more months to raise interest rates, says survey

India has only recently begun to recover much of its lost ground and New Delhi's latest budget was modestly stimulative compared with expectations

Australia's central bank stresses policy patience as peers push to tighten

Yet that stoic stance is becoming harder to sustain as its global peers turn more strident on inflation and financial markets howl for near-term rate hikes

Bank of England hikes interest rates in clamour to contain inflation

The move follows hot on the heels of a rate hike in December, marking the first back-to-back increases in Bank Rate since 2004

Australia's central bank opens door to 2022 rate rise, argues for patience

The RBA expects unemployment to fall to 3.75% later this year, from the present 4.2%, and stay there next year

To hike or not: It's a toss up ahead of Bank of Canada rate decision

Canada's central bank will make its first major policy decision of 2022 at a time when consumer prices are rising at their fastest clip in 30 years

Dollar ticks up amid rising bets on Fed interest rate hike in March

The dollar had met with selling late last week after a weaker-than-expected headline US job-creation figure squeezed traders out of long dollar positions

MFs add Rs 7 trn to kitty in 2021; Omicron possible red flag for 2022

Experts believe that the new year could be tricky depending on the Omicron situation and possible interest rate hikes

Mutual fund houses get bullish on target maturity debt funds

Nine schemes in the offing; visibility over returns key investor attraction

FIIs expected to return to the Indian equity market in 2022: Abhijit Bhave

The recent FII outflows can also be viewed as a year-end phenomenon and a possible knee-jerk reaction to recent events, Bhave said

Bank of England raises rates as inflation pressures mount

The BoE's nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voted by 8-1 to raise Bank Rate to 0.25% from 0.1%

Ruble jumps as Russia surprises with bigger-than-expected rate hike

The Bank of Russia raised the rate 75 basis points to 7.5% Friday, its sixth straight hike

Interest rate hike worries weigh on banking and PSU debt funds

Since the start of the current financial year till July, banking and PSU debt funds have seen outflows of Rs 1,247.44 crore

Here's why Nifty Bank index tanked 5% on NSE amid rising bond yields

10-year government bond yield hardened to 6.23 per cent on Friday, up 0.05 per cent from 6.18 per cent on Thursday, February 25

Assam tables Bill to protect people from high-interest money lending firms

Sarma also tabled another Bill for helping those taxpayers who could not avail the benefits or comply with a liquidation scheme due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Demand for currency could rise despite digitisation, says RBI study

Analysts are predicting that the nominal GDP growth rate could be negative in the present financial year, but that doesn't mean that the currency in circulation would fall

Have home loan rates reached rock bottom?

At sub-7 per cent, the rates are at their historic low. In 2003 and 2004, it was 7.25 per cent; and in 2011, as high as 11.75 per cent

Major relief for senior citizens as SBI offers 80 bps more on FDs

SBI's new product offers good rates but SCSS and RBI's savings bonds are more attractive