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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

RBI likely to hike interest rates starting early 2022, say analysts

The Reserve Bank may be hitting the end of its tolerance for high inflation and will most likely hike interest rates in the first half of 2022, analysts said on Friday. The central bank will also start rolling back its accommodative policies which have led to easy liquidity conditions, they said. The view from analysts came even as inflation cooled down to 5.6 per cent for July, after two months of breaching the upper end of the RBI's tolerance band of 6 per cent. The central bank has been keeping the status quo on policy and continuing with the accommodative stance to help revive GDP growth. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on Thursday opined that the current conditions do not warrant withdrawal of the accommodative measures. "The RBI has been tolerant of inflation and has stayed accommodative to support growth given the deep hit suffered by the economy. But it appears to be reaching the end of tether as inflation remains elevated," rating agency Crisil said. "If this ..

Live: RBI keeps repo rate steady, says economy in better shape since June

Live updates: Monetary policy committee's decisions being read out by RBI governor Shaktikanta Das

MPC reassures status quo on rates, but changes view on inflation

The temporary supply shocks that have led to higher inflation has been kept aside by the MPC while focusing on growth

RBI's MPC is likely to keep interest rates unchanged despite inflation

Six-member Monetary Policy Committee is meeting amid weak indicators raising doubts about the economy's ability to sustain a nascent recovery

RBI likely to maintain status quo on interest rate amid fears of third wave

The Reserve Bank is likely to maintain status quo on interest rate and watch the developing macroeconomic situation for some more time before taking any decisive action on monetary policy.

Sailing through floater funds in a scenario of rising interest rates

Floater funds have given returns of over 5 per cent in the last one year

Investors can lock in interest rates for long term with G-secs: Analysts

Direct retail investment facility should lead to better secondary market liquidity in gilts

Best of BS Opinion: US mkt exceptionalism, fall in urban male jobs & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

Interest rates and asset prices

Low interest rates in a downturn tend to push up asset prices (and high interest rates in a boom can lower asset prices).

LIC Housing Finance vies for home loan pie with interest rate cut

It will apply to loan amounts of up to Rs 50 lakh offered to salaried individuals.

RBI warns against combination of high public debt, low interest rates

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that the combination would pose challenges.

Banks not in a hurry to hike interest rates on deposits despite price rise

Year-on-year growth in deposits till early June 2021 has been 9.7 per cent while credit growth is only 5.7 per cent.

Bank of England maintains interest rate despite rising inflation

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced an unchanged interest rate at 0.1 per cent, despite prediction of inflation being temporarily above its 2 per cent target in the months ahead

Inflation impact on sovereigns depends on real interest rates: Fitch

Higher levels of global government debt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have made sovereign creditworthiness increasingly sensitive to interest rate changes.

The Federal Reserve is about to shift gears. This time it may be different

Though policymakers have yet to agree on a plan, most expect that by the end of 2023 they will have raised interest rates at least twice from the current near-zero level