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FPI selling continues on valuation, rate-hike unease, Omicron scare

Analysts said FPIs started taking some money off the table ever since indices hit new all-time highs and valuation discomfort emerged

EM equities to underperform in 2022 on central bank policy action: Analysts

While most analysts see monetary policy normalisation across the world in 2022, rate trajectories are likely to diverge across geographies, they said

Sensex sheds 889pts, Nifty gives up 17k; RIL, financials weigh; Infy up 3%

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended with losses of 2.4 per cent and 2.1 per cent, respectively. Declining stocks outpaced advancing shares in more than 2:1 ratio

Low interest rate: Incentive and subsidy

Some of the benefit due to a low interest rate policy is not an incentive; it is a subsidy

Ujjivan SFB raises interest rates by 50-75 bps on FDs up to Rs 2 crore

For depositors aged under 60, the bank is offering 6.5% for a 12 months tenure, and 6.6% for 19-24 months; seniors get an additional 75 bps across tenures

Low interest rate regime on home loans to continue: Realtors on RBI policy

Realtors welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to keep key policy rates unchanged

SBI, HDFC Bank, DLF: RBI policy may trigger an upside in these 5 stocks

Inverse Head and Shoulder in HDFC Bank may incline market participants to add the stock to their portfolio

RBI may keep policy rates steady amid Omicron variant scare

The last time the RBI changed the policy rate was in May 2020

Indices to remain range-bound in 2022 as earnings catch up: Ajay Garg

With the pandemic risk still lurking around the fringes, global growth is yet to attain a structural foothold, Garg said

Short-term interest rates rising, loan rates to stay low a while: experts

The low interest rate phase hasn't really helped investors or investment; Covid-19 was actually a supply side shock

Bank of England defies markets by keeping interest rates on hold

Policy makers also updated forecasts for the economy, cutting the outlook for growth and increasing it for inflation

RBI sees need for continued policy support: MPC minutes

The Reserve Bank of India's MPC left key rates unchanged at record lows earlier in the month

Tax mix and rates in a low interest environment will change

Low inflation means at its best zero inflation, which is good. But low interest rates don't mean a zero rate because that would be bad

RBI may hike rates in March qtr; coal and chip shortages a worry: Nomura

The brokerage upped its consumer price index (CPI) inflation target for 2022 to 5.2 per cent from 5 per cent earlier.

Economists, analysts see clear tapering signals in RBI moves

Economists and analysts are unanimous that the Reserve Bank has embarked on the long road to policy normalisation

Shaktikanta Das continues to sound dovish, but hints at normalisation

The governor also said that the liquidity surplus in the banking system has increased in Sep, with the potential liquidity overhang amounting to more than Rs 13 trn

Global debt to hit 260% of GDP, but low interest rates to help: S&P

The pile-on of debt was necessary given policy responses during the pandemic, Vera Chaplin, the credit ratings agency's managing director and lead analytical manager, said

Fed policymakers see upward march in interest rates starting next year

(Reuters) -Half of U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers now expect to start raising interest rates next year and think borrowing costs should increase to at least 1% by the end of 2023, reflecting a growing consensus that gradually tighter policy will be needed to keep inflation in check.

Inflation pullback boosts RBI's easy money policy before Oct policy meeting

Consumer prices rose 5.3% last month from a year earlier, the Statistics Ministry said in a statement on Monday

Digital, co-lending to drive credit business this festive season

The RBI had revised norms last year to bring clarity in risk sharing and credit underwriting in co-lending tie-ups