Page 17 - Interest Rates

The real story behind real interest rate

While the debate will continue about the benchmark rate to calculate real interest rate, both for the lenders and the savers, shouldn't all rates be higher than the rate of inflation?

Pak accepts more IMF condition, agrees to increase rate by 200 basis points

The decision by Pakistan authorities will push the interest rate to 19 per cent, just below the previous record of 19.5 per cent set in October 1996, The Express Tribune reported

Growth is fragile, real interest rates too high: MPC member Jayanth Varma

In an interview with Business Standard, MPC member Jayanth Varma says the committee should not tie its hands by adopting the withdrawal of accommodation stance

India Inc's borrowing costs rise as corporate bond yields harden

Among the key triggers for the sharp selloff in the Indian debt markets were recent rounds of unfavourable cues on interest rates, which caught market participants off-guard

Rising India rates to upset PM Modi's Budget math on small savings

Bonds have since pared their gains, with the budget math increasingly looking daunting as commercial interest rates soar tracking a tight monetary policy

Kotak Mahindra Bank, Central Bank of India revise interest rates

Kotak Mahindra Bank increased select deposit rates by up to 25 basis points

Bond yields harden as Reserve Bank shows no sign of policy turn

Traders expect the excess cash with banks to dry up significantly over the next three to four months

Dollar pulls back as Jerome Powell sticks to usual US Fed playbook

owell acknowledged that interest rates might need to move higher than expected if economic conditions remained strong but reiterated that he felt a process of disinflation was underway

Sooner or later, US Fed may need technical tweaks for rate control toolkit

The Fed is widely expected to raise the target rate to 4.5% to 4.75% at Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee meeting

Currencies take a breather as investors await US Fed interest rate decision

After a series of jumbo rate hikes in 2022 to tame inflation, the market is all but certain of a 25 basis points (bps) increase in interest rates later on Wednesday

Jerome Powell likely to underscore US Fed's inflation fight far from over

Inflation is cooling, and parts of the economy appear to be weakening. But Chair Jerome Powell is likely Wednesday to underscore that the Federal Reserve's primary focus remains the need to fight surging prices with still-higher interest rates. With financial markets anticipating that the Fed will stop raising rates soon and possibly even cut them later this year, analysts say Powell will need to push back against such optimism. If financial markets expect lower rates than what the Fed plans to deliver, the central bank's already treacherous task can become even harder. Powell's tough message will likely emerge at a news conference after the Fed's 19-member policy committee announces its latest action. The policymakers are set to raise their benchmark rate by a quarter-point to a range of 4.5% to 4.75%, its highest level in about 15 years. The move could further increase borrowing rates for consumers as well as companies, ranging from mortgages to auto and business loans. In some

Oil prices rise as US recession fears over rate hikes ease, dollar weakens

Tamer rate hike expectations helped lower the dollar index, which supported oil prices as a weaker greenback makes the commodity cheaper for buyers holding other currencies

Early pivot unlikely in the face of persistent inflation: UTI AMC's Chopra

"Credit funds have performed quite well in 2022, on the back of an improving economic cycle, low-interest rates, and easing liquidity as domestic and global economies opened up"

More glitter: Multi-asset allocation funds burnish gold's safe-haven appeal

Worth its weight in Gold: Saw portfolio increase of 1-6 percentage points in November-December 2022

Here's why bond veteran sees India's benchmark yield trending downwards

Investors will get a sense of how much more debt India is planning to raise in it's upcoming Feb 1 budget

Indian lenders expect pick up in retail deposits as interest rates rise

Currently, most large lenders offer deposit rates between 6.75% and 7.30% for 1-2 year deposits and between 5.75% and 7.25% for longer-term deposits

Fixed or floating rate? Choose floating-rate car loan if you plan to prepay

With interest rates peaking, you could benefit from a decline in them

Financial conditions to be tighter due to Fed's decadal-high rates: Crisil

Liquidity conditions will also not return to surplus as seen in the pandemic years, which will maintain fundamental pressure on domestic interest rates

Bank of Baroda hikes interest rates on retail term deposits by up to 65 bps

Further, the Bank is offering interest rates up to 7.50% p.a, which includes 0.50% p.a. for senior citizens and 0.25% for non-callable deposits, for a period of 1 year and upto 3 years

Gold scales 9-month high above key $1,900 level; highest since late April

Lower interest rates tend to be beneficial for bullion as they decrease the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding asset