Page 15 - Monetary Policy

Slowdown in West, on balance, would be positive for India: CEA Nageswaran

'Signs are very encouraging' are for the Indian economy, he says in an interview

Managing inflation can't just be left to RBI: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

'Monetary and fiscal policies have to work in tandem; importing Russian oil part of inflation management'

RBI launches key household surveys to get inputs for monetary policy

Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday launched the next round of household surveys to capture inflation expectations and consumer confidence. The results of the survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy, the central bank said. The September 2022 round of Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities. The IESH seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes in the three months ahead as well as in the one-year ahead period and quantitative responses on current, three months ahead and one year ahead inflation rates. The households to be covered under the survey in the cities include Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Jammu, Kolkata, and Thiruvananthapuram. Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) to be conducted in 19 cities seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic ...

Will markets dip more on Fed's hawkish chorus?

After a short-lived reprieve from June lows, equity markets again seem to be on a downward slope as central banks remain firm on monetary policy tightening. What does this fall mean for investors?

Will markets dip more on Fed's hawkish chorus?

After a short-lived reprieve from June lows, equity markets again seem to be on a downward slope as central banks remain firm on monetary policy tightening. What does this fall mean for investors?

Focusing on inflation to make central banks' job easier: Raghuram Rajan

He said issues such as climate change and employment are peripheral to the central bank mandate and could be better dealt with direct polices.

'Too little, too late': China interest rate cut spurs call for more moves

Unlike many advanced economies right now, China's core inflation -- which excludes volatile energy and food prices -- is pretty tame, slowing to merely 0.8% in July

CAD of 2.5-3% can be sustained without external sector crisis: RBI DG Patra

India's economy is predicted to overtake that of the US by 2048, said Patra

Sentiment will remain buoyant on easing monetary fears, says Vinit Sambre

As inflationary pressures unbind, corporate earnings growth will draw level, says Vinit Sambre, head-equities, DSP Investment Managers

MCLR more effective in policy transmission than base rate regime: RBI paper

Using different models, the paper estimates the degree of pass-through of monetary policy to bank lending rates under both the base rate and the MCLR regimes using dynamic panel data regression.

Bank of Baroda to increase MCLR rates by up to 0.2% from August 12

The interest rate hike comes after the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) raised the benchmark repo rate by another 50 bps to 5.40 per cent last week

After rate hike, ask your lender to increase home loan EMI, not tenure

A 50-bps hike on a Rs 50 lakh loan of 20-year tenure would increase the EMI by Rs 1,545

Monetary policy: Negative interest rates are a matter of concern, says RBI

With regard to repo rate actions, if you look at other central banks, 50 bps has become the new normal. And, quite a number of central banks are hiking rates by 75-100 basis points: Shaktikanta Das

RBI: Better to be cautious than concerned

To us, the important emphasis was on external stability, which the RBI has clearly placed a lot of importance on

On policy day, indices end in green, a good week too for investors

The 30-share BSE benchmark climbed 227.89 points to 58,526.69 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 64.35 points to 17,446.35

RBI monetary policy: Bond yields surge on fears of further rate hikes

A rise of one basis point in the 10-year bond yield corresponds to a fall of roughly 7 paise in price

LIVE: More than 60 Congress MPs released after 6 hours of detention

Latest news Live updates: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Gaurav Gogoi were among the MPs detained

BBPS inward payments to deepen cross-border payment ecosystem in India

Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), under the aegis of the RBI, allows recurring utility bill payments through an integrated platform

Crypto wrap: RBI MPC unlikely to impact global crypto prices, say experts

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday, hiked the repo rate by 50 basis points for the second consecutive time to 5.4 per cent

Top Headlines: RBI policy review today, Sebi orders audit of FRL, and more

Ahead of the RBI MPC's statement today, while market participants are certain about a rate hike, there are also growing calls for a shift in the central bank's stance. Read more in our top headlines