MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India is likely selling U.S. dollars again to defend the rupee and keep it from sliding to a record low, three traders told Reuters on Thursday
Brokerage goes 303 bps overweight on domestic markets in MSCI Asia Pac ex-Japan portfolio
Regulator will also harmonise rules for internal ombudsman mechanism of REs
Closing Bell on October 6, 2023: The broader markets, too, advanced in-line with the benchmarks with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap index up 0.66 per cent and 0.56 per cent, respectively
RBI policy: In the last bi-monthly announcement in August, the MPC decided to keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for the third time in a row. Check all LIVE updates for today's MPC here
Rate-setting panel considers high inflation as risk to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth, says Shaktikanta Das
RBI MPC has decided to continue with the pause on repo rate at 6.5 per cent for the fourth time in a row
Experts have said that RBI is likely to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent in view of elevated inflation and other global factors
The Reserve Bank of India, in its policy meeting in August, mandated that banks maintain an incremental cash reserve ratio of 10 per cent on some deposits
Led by vegetables, food inflation in India soared to an over 3-year high of 11.5% in July. This pushed retail inflation to 7.44%, above the RBI's comfort band
Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the Reserve Bank is not "unduly concerned" about the Russian investments in Indian government bonds. Without sharing the details of the trade surplus invested by Russian entities in government securities (G-secs), Das underlined that trade relations between the two countries are for the long term and there is no reason to fear a pullout of the money. In May this year, the Indian Banks Association had said that Russia is investing the surplus it earns out of oil sales to India in G-secs, but the market's estimates on the quantum vary from USD 10-22 billion. "Its not something about which we are really unduly concerned. We are not concerned unduly because market has its estimates. So far as we are concerned, it is not going to cause any (impact)," Das told reporters at the post-policy press meet here. He added that India is "far better placed" with forex reserves of over USD 600 billion to deal with any situation. Deputy Governor T Rabi Sank
"We have to stand in readiness to go beyond keeping Arjuna's eye to deploying policy instruments, if necessary" to contain inflation, said Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday. Headline consumer price index-based inflation projection for the second quarter of 2023-24 has been revised up substantially, primarily due to the price shock from vegetables, at 6.2 per cent by the RBI form 5.2 per cent estimated in June. Unveiling the bi-monthly monetary policy, Governor Das said the moderation in headline inflation to 4.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2023-24 was in line with the projections set out in the June MPC meeting. There was a pick-up in headline inflation to 4.8 per cent in June due to an upturn in food inflation. "Going by the past trends, vegetable prices may see a significant correction after a few months. The prospects of kharif crops have brightened, thanks to improvement in the progress of the monsoon," he said. Uncertainties, however, remain on domestic f
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The overall limit is, however, retained at Rs 2000 to contain the risks associated with relaxation of two-factor authentication.
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RBI policy meet: The meeting started on Tuesday and will end with RBI governor Shaktikanta Das announcing the rates in the policy announcement on Thursday
The RBI is likely to retain its "withdrawal of accommodation" stance introduced in April last year, according to 19 of 20 economists who shared their forecast on the stance
The Reserve Bank is likely to continue with the pause on the key interest rate at its upcoming monetary policy review, as concerns on the inflation front and keeping the borrowing cost stable to maintain the economic growth momentum persist, said experts. The RBI Governor-headed six-member Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) meeting is scheduled on August 8-10. The policy decision will be announced on August 10 by Governor Shaktikanta Das. The borrowing cost, which started rising in May last year, has stabilised with the RBI keeping the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent since February when it was raised from 6.25 per cent. Later, in the two bi-monthly policy reviews in April and June, the benchmark rate was retained. Punjab & Sind Bank Managing Director Swarup Kumar Saha said the RBI factors in many things, including global developments. So, it will also take into account interest rate hikes effected by many central banks like the US Fed recently. Due to interest rate increases, ..
Stock market live updates: Ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy outcome, the SGX Nifty, on Thursday indicated a flat start to the bourses, quoting 18,823 levels
RBI repo rate: RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said that the MPC decided unanimously to keep the benchmark rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent