Page 10 - Rate Cuts

Near-term growth concerns, further price cuts to cap returns for Marico

Further price cuts, higher advertising costs to weigh on margins

Markets today: Will price hike in Delhi-NCR de-rail rally in cement stocks?

Shares of cement companies have delivered impressive returns. But they are now announcing rate cuts, especially in the Delhi-NCR region. Will this halt the rally in cement shares? Let's find out

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

Govt cuts interest rates on small savings schemes effective from April 1

The rate of interest on PPF has declined from 7.1 per cent earlier to 6.4 per cent now

BS Policy poll: Pause for sure, liquidity to be back in focus at RBI

The apex bank would still like to drain out some liquidity while managing yields through OMO or operation twist, to fend off inflation, especially when rate hikes seem distant

Expect RBI to keep accommodative stance at least till first half of FY22

We think the MPC could express its willingness to maintain the accommodative monetary stance at least till H1FY22, which should help sentiments

Very little room for more rate cuts: Amandeep Chopra, UTI Asset Management

He says, the rate cycle seems to have bottomed out but RBI may not change its accommodative stance anytime soon

More policy space can be created only when inflation eases, says MPC member

Inflation is being driven by supply-side problems and is likely to stay elevated for a while, Mridul Saggar said

India rate cuts bets fall as recovery gains hold, inflation stays high

With inflation above 7% in Oct for a second straight month, well above RBI's medium term target of 4%, views that India is near the end of the current rate cutting cycle have become more pronounced

Rate cut will depend upon moderation in inflation: RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das

The reconstituted MPC, which met from October 7 to 9, had decided to keep the benchmark lending rates unchanged in view of the hardening of retail inflation

Emerging market central banks deliver 19th month of interest rate cuts

August marked the 19th straight month of net cuts - the longest easing cycle for emerging market central banks since 2013

RBI at end of rate cut cycle, govt must play role for revival: Economists

RBI is at the end of its rate cut cycle as inflation is unlikely to decline materially from the current level, and onus of economic recovery has now shifted to the government, economists at SBI said

Long-duration fund rally may halt as yields harden on rate-cut pause

Experts don't rule out RBI intervention to keep yields in check

UCO Bank reduces MCLR by 10 bps across tenors, effective August 10

The revised one-year MCLR stands at 7.40 per cent as against 7.50 per cent earlier, the bank said

Easy liquidity led to faster money transmission, helped private sector: RBI

The RBI since February 2019 has slashed the benchmark lending rate by 250 basis points (bps). Of this, 115 bps cut has taken place this year

Rate cut unlikely but a dovish policy on the cards

For RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, this is probably the toughest monetary policy. The message it sends out is more important than the action

RBI likely to cut repo rate by 0.25% at next week's review: Crisil

The RBI has already cut rates by 1.15 per cent in two moves since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March

Covid-19 impact: India's GDP to contract 6.1% in FY21, says Nomura

Nomura said the June quarter will be the 'nadir' from a growth perspective and the economy will contract by 15.2 per cent

Assumption of rate cut delivering growth simply not working: Rathin Roy

Rathin Roy expresses concern on the collateral free lending scheme as not making the cut from a regulations perspective.

Union Bank of India reduces MCLR by 20 bps across tenors effective July 11

Post the reduction, MCLR across tenors ranges from 6.85 per cent to 7.40 per cent