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RBI appoints Sitikantha Pattanaik and Rajiv Ranjan as executive directors

Ranjan will also serve as an ex-officio member of the rate-setting panel Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

HDFC Bank, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank others raise lending rates

HDFC Bank hiked marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 25 bps across all tenures up to 7.7 per cent, effective May 7

RBI falls in line with global central banks

Another rate hike in June is on the cards. The question is: How much? Could it be 75 bps at one go or staggered over the next two meetings?

Govt bond auction for Rs 32,000 crore sails through as RBI accepts bids

The auction was scheduled for four securities - 5.74% GS 2026 (Rs 9,000 crore), GOI Floating Rate Bond 2028 (Rs 4,000 crore), 6.67% GS 2035 (Rs 10,000 crore), and 6.99% GS 2051 (Rs 9,000 crore)

Top headlines: Higher bond yields, WHO on Covid deaths in India, and more

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Bond yield shoots up; another interest rate hike likely in June

Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, State Bank of India, said he expected repo hikes in June and August policy review meetings too

RBI raises repo rate by 40 bps in surprise move; CRR increased by 50 bps

The 10-year government bond shot up 26 bps, with the street expecting another rate hike in the June policy

RBI shocker sends market into a tizzy; benchmark indices plunge 2.3%

The bond markets also saw a sell-off, and the yield on the 10-year government bond rose to 7.37 per cent, hitting a three-year high

Course correction

RBI has been slow in withdrawing accommodation

In a first, RBI may have to explain to govt why it couldn't curb inflation

Retail inflation has overshot the 6% upper tolerance limit for three years on the trot; experts say protracted Ukraine war and other factors may keep prices up

RBI to hike repo rate in June, earlier than previously thought: Poll

RBI Repo rate hike: Retail inflation will likely soar further as a spike in global energy prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine seeps into consumer prices

Bond yields fall 14 bps on less hawkish stance by monetary policy committee

Fall in global crude oil prices also leads to a sharp decline in bond yields

Missing inflation mandate is a possibility: RBI's MPC member Jayanth Varma

'The markets should not assume we will guide them, because the data is coming without warning', said Varma

MPC panel to get a new face: Rajiv Ranjan likely to replace Mridul Saggar

Rajiv Ranjan likely to replace Mridul Saggar in rate-setting panel

Will the RBI's efforts to tame inflation, manage growth fail? UBS thinks so

While the RBI's monetary policy committee kept rates steady in its recent policy review in April, UBS expects the Indian central bank to hike rates starting June 2022

Shifting gear

Prepare for rate hikes faster than expected

'Turning the policy corner': What experts have to say about RBI decisions

RBI monetary Policy: As the central bank keeps the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent, here is what the industry experts has to say

Benchmark indices decline for third day ahead of RBI monetary policy

On Thursday, overseas investors sold shares worth Rs 5,009 crore, while domestic institutions invested Rs 1,775 crore

Inflation woes: 10-year bond yield near 7% ahead of RBI MPC meet

The yield on the 10-year benchmark government bond closed at 6.92 per cent on Wednesday, up from the previous close of 6.90 per cent

As multiple crises hit, a case for fresh economic assessment to Parliament

Given the Covid-19 pandemic, and now the war in Europe, economists assert there could be a case for reviving the practice for the sake of fiscal transparency at least temporarily