Page 12 - Rate Cuts

The global easing cycle

India will need interventions to protect financial stability

Reserve Bank of India February rate cut on a knife's edge: Reuters poll

RBI cited concern about near-term inflation when it took analysts and markets by surprise and kept it unchanged last week

Letter to BS: Clearly, RBI does not want to commit anything as yet

RBI wants to assess the impact of stimulus measures announced by the government to revive growth and decide accordingly once the picture is clearer

US traders want Fed to hold rate cuts until after 2020 Presidential polls

That is the read from traders on Friday after a government report showed employers added 266,000 jobs last month

Dollar advances on robust US jobs report, backs Fed's no-rate-cut stance

Friday's jobs report provided a respite from all the pessimism on the economy amid poor numbers and persistent uncertainty on US-China trade negotiations

Govt's move to reduce corporation tax has had a 'positive impact': FM

Sitharaman said many countries in South East Asia had reduced their corporate tax to attract investment and cited examples of Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.

India's deepening economic slowdown opens the door for more rate cuts

The Reserve Bank of India will meet days after a report showed growth collapsed to 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, the first time it's been below 5 per cent since 2013

Fed Reserve, $50 billion auto merger plan temper share price pullback

Equity futures signalled a flat to weaker open for Wall Street, after the S&P500 hit a record high, closing lower after the trade deal report .

Markets surge on tax cut buzz; Sensex zooms 582 points to a 4-month high

The abolition of the DDT is one of the long-pending demands of market players as it leads to double taxation

Markets abuzz with speculation on personal income tax rate cut: Report

Markets are divided on the timing of such a move, said DBS report

S&P 500 hits all-time high on trade optimism, rate cut hopes; Dow up 70 pts

(Reuters) - Technology stocks propelled the benchmark S&P 500 index to an all-time high, while the Nasdaq hovered below its record level, as a possible U.S.-China trade deal and rising bets on a third rate cut by the Federal Reserve fueled optimism.

The monetary conundrum

Decisions from here on will need to be more considered

Yogi pitches UP as top beneficiary of tax cuts, US-China trade war

Adityanath claimed UP was already an attractive destination for private investments and the recent measures would provide further traction to the state

RBI likely to go for further rate cut in October 4 meet, say experts

According to brokerages, moderating inflation and a negative output gap are likely to open the door for an accommodative monetary policy

Rate cuts not enough to boost liquidity-starved housing market: Poll

The government's own assessment is that the lack of available credit is the worst in over 70 years

India's interest-rate stance now depends on data, says Shaktikanta Das

Das said he sees signs of a recovery in economic growth and further monetary policy steps will depend on incoming data

RBI policy review: SBI cuts loan rates by 15 bps, others likely to follow

SBI reduced its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate from 8.4% to 8.25%

Asia central banks stun markets with series of rate cuts amid slow growth

Policymakers everywhere have been forced to consider more stimulus as fears grow over the broadening fallout of the US-China trade dispute on the global economy

RBI policy: More rate cuts likely ahead as MPC prefers growth to inflation

The MPC has also brought down the projection of GDP growth of 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent, which is not significant but definitely does affect sentiment

Can't say when NBFC crisis will finish; trying to avoid contagion: RBI Guv

"We have to only see our domestic demand continues to be robust and ensure that there is a domestic demand revival and that remains strong"