Page 15 - Interest Rates

Budget houses go out of budget; high interest rates and EMIs pinch buyers

Higher EMIs and mortgage rates pinch buyers; segment's share of overall housing sales likely decline in FY23, FY24

Global IT spending continues to decline by 4.4% for 5th consecutive month

Tech spending remains resilient compared to historical economic downturns and other types of business spending, but rising interest rates are now impacting capital spending

Indian companies to see higher interest burden in FY24 against FY22: Report

India Ratings & Research also expects the cost of debt to increase across different categories irrespective of the size of the firms

Interest rates may fall to pre-Covid levels in advanced economies: IMF

The IMF did not say, however, exactly when interest rates were set to fall back to lower levels

Pause now, lower later: Rate cuts may start this year, say economists

RBI projection on GDP growth optimistic, say analysts

Reducing inflation without raising interest rates

It is unfortunate that many see monetary policy and interest rate policy as synonyms. They are not

RBI monetary policy review: What led to the interest rate pause?

Real GDP growth for FY23 is expected at 7%, indicating resilient economic activity

Share of low-cost money in bank deposits dips in FY23 amid clamour for FDs

Ease of movement of funds on digital platforms and deployment of money by businesses from current accounts also played a role in pruning the share of CASA money

Australia pauses rate hikes to assess tightening impact, inflation in focus

In March, two-wheelers, three-wheelers, passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles saw a growth of 12 per cent, 69 per cent, 14 per cent, and 10 per cent, respectively

Govt hikes interest rates on most small savings schemes by up to 70 bps

Rate on National Savings Certificate steeply raised by 70 bps, PPF kept unchanged

Recap FY23: Five key events that shaped equity markets this fiscal year

The turbulence in FY23 can be attributed to a concoction of interest rate hikes, foreign investment outflows, a global war, soaring food, fuel prices and a global banking crisis

Gold spot of bother: Little sparkle for financiers despite tailwinds

Increased competition, lower spreads, moderate growth are among hurdles to overcome

Inflation, rate hikes play market party poopers in FY23; smallcaps hit hard

The small-caps were hit on the chin with the S&P BSE Small-cap index slipping nearly 7 per cent thus far during in FY23, underperforming the S&P BSE Midcap and the BSE 500 indexes

At 8.15% for FY23, EPFO returns are second lowest in over 45 years

EPFO's return in 1977-78 was 8%. It has since been 8.25% or more; the peak was 12%, a rate that remained unchanged between 1989-90 and 1999-2000

EPFO fixes 8.15% interest rate on employees' provident fund for FY23

Fund paid 8.1% interest rate to subscribers in 2021-22, marking a four-decade low

EPFO marginally raises interest rate on PF deposits to 8.15% for FY23

Not enough to meet rising inflation, say some quarters; EPFO likely to distribute Rs 90,000 cr to members' accounts, on a total principal amount of Rs 11 trn

EPFO likely to decide rate of interest on EPF deposits for FY23 by Tuesday

The retirement fund body EPFO is likely to announce the rate of interest on employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2022-23 at its two-day meeting beginning Monday. EPFO had lowered the interest on EPF for 2021-22 to an over four-decade low of 8.1 per cent for its about five crore subscribers, from 8.5 per cent in 2020-21 in March 2022. This was the lowest since 1977-78, when the EPF interest rate stood at 8 per cent. "The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO's) apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) is likely to decide the rate of interest on EPF for 2022-23 at its two-day meeting beginning on Monday afternoon," a source said. Besides interest rate, the CBT will also discuss the annual accounts of the EPFO for 2022-23. The trustees will also deliberate on the action taken by the EPFO on the Supreme Court order for giving a four-month window to Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 subscribers to opt for higher pension. The EPFO has provided the facilit

EPFO board meet on Monday: Interest rate, higher pension top agenda

The meeting is also likely to focus on the steps to widen the social security organisation's coverage to embrace about 100 million workers and address the dip in its corpus

Powell's playbook

Fed is striving to maintain a fine balance

Bank of England raises interest rates again, sees inflation shock fading

BoE announces quarter-point rate hike to 4.25%; MPC says it expects inflation to fall faster