Page 33 - Interest Rates

Letter to BS: Lowering of interest rates for small savings not a wise move

This is not a wise move at a time when the rate of household savings is falling. India has practically no social security system for the old and the unemployed

Statsguru: Interest rate risks for the Indian economy explained in charts

The Indian economy is expected to expand by 7.5 per cent in nominal terms and lower nominal growth can make debt servicing difficult for the government and private borrowers

Sensex at all-time high, but real returns across asset classes just over 2%

In contrast, the previous decade (2000-2009) saw double digit nominal returns for stocks and gold while average inflation was at 5.55 per cent

Not turning lower inflation into low interest rates hurting growth: EAC-PM

Efforts should be mounted to lower the interest rate burdens for borrowers, and RBI's pause had a "terrible" effect of costs for a third of borrowers going up by 0.25 per cent

As banks turn immune to monetary policy, QE may save the day for RBI

If the central bank views asset purchases as a way to influence the waning quantity of money, then it should act now. Doing so may well save the day

Record $2.4 trillion bond binge threatening to cool investors' hot returns

Companies have sold a record $2.44 trillion so far this year across currencies, surpassing previous full-year records

It will need more than a rate cut to salvage India's sputtering economy

It wasn't too long ago that economic aspirations for India echoed China's. Now this young country of 1.4 billion people is looking more like Indonesia, Malaysia or the Philippines

Nearly 500 listed companies can't meet interest outgo from their earnings

The highest proportion of firms unable to meet their interest payments from earnings was 19.1 per cent in March 2017--the quarter after demonetisation.

External benchmark: Right step, wrong tool

While politicians and businessmen don't see eye to eye on anything during a slowdown, the one thing they all agree on is that cutting interest rates would spur growth

Economists predict deeper interest-rate cuts, slow economic growth

GDP rose 5 per cent in the June quarter from a year ago, the slowest pace in six years and lower than all the forecasts in a Bloomberg survey of economists

Fixing the demand slump: Seven reasons for slowdown, and possible solutions

The govt might look for quick fixes under pressure to revive the economy, but sustainable economic growth will continue to be elusive without structural changes, writes T N Ninan

Tipping point: Is this a good time to enter the dynamic bond funds?

The key risk is that the fund manager may not always take the right calls

Reforming small savings

Interest rates should be linked to market outcomes

Don't be shy of shifting lenders if you see a significant benefit

Old customers should seek best rates, or go for balance transfer

Top-up loan scores over personal and gold loan: All you need to know

Here's how the interest rate on top-up home loans by different banks and institutes stack up

With falling rupee, rising interest costs ring alarm bells for India Inc

Many large companies and public sector banks and financial institutions are tapping the international markets to take advantage of the cheaper funds

Prepay part of your home loan to soften blow of rising interest rates

On the sunny side, FD rate hike is good news for seniors; Go for short-term deposits, roll over to those with higher rates when they mature

Indian interest rates: Yields will depend on how banks resume Gilt buying

In the medium, to long term it will be influenced by how the mandate of MPC is modified to manage influenceable inflation rather than broad headline inflation.

Govt keeps interest rate unchanged on small savings schemes for Q3

The Reserve Bank of India is scheduled to undertake monetary policy review on October 4

Interest rates to slowly become reasonable: Arun Jaitley

LIC has come out with a pension scheme to offer fixed rate of interest to investors: Jaitley