Investors with 2-3 years short-term horizon can consider dynamic bond funds to potentially benefit from the falling bond yields.
Inflation will average 5.4% this fiscal year and 4.7% in the next, a separate Reuters poll showed, close to the RBI's forecasts of 5.4% and 4.5%
Manufacturers remain confident about demand conditions
Stock market highlights on February 8, 2024: The Nifty PSU bank index climbed 2 per cent, while the Nifty Private Bank index fell 2.5 per cent. Individually, Paytm, and ITC crashed up to 10 per cent
Digital rupee users will soon be able to execute transactions in areas with limited internet connectivity as the RBI on Thursday announced that offline capability will be introduced on the Central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project. Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said that programmability-based additional use cases will be introduced as part of the pilot project. RBI launched a pilot of the retail CBDC in December 2022 and achieved the target of having 10 lakh transactions a day in December 2023. It can be noted that other payment platforms, especially the very popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI), already offer offline possibilities. "it is proposed to introduce an offline functionality in CBDC-R (Retail) for enabling transactions in areas with poor or limited internet connectivity," Das said while announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy review. He said multiple offline solutions, which include both proximity and non-proximity based ones, will be tes
A status quo on interest rate meant lenders may have to either hold or raise rates further in a bid to mobilise higher deposits
'Imperative for monetary policy to actively pursue disinflation to anchor inflation expectations,' says Shaktikanta Das
Home loan rates are already lower compared to 2023 levels where they had started touching 9 per cent. The lowest home loan rates today are in the 8.30 range
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (RBI MPC) on Thursday decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the sixth consecutive time.
Stocks to Watch on Thursday, February 8: Shares of banking and finance, auto, housing, and real estate will be in focus as the Reserve Bank of India is set to announce the decision of it's MPC meeting
The overall market sentiment has remained positive after the government said it aims to reduce the fiscal deficit and lower its gross borrowing by a wide margin next financial year
The RBI is still widely expected to cut rates later this year, but at a much slower pace than the Fed, so relative rupee strength may linger
Market participants are also hoping for some relief from the RBI on the liquidity front with the system deficit having hit a record high in January
Founders have called on the regulator to re-evaluate its directive and engage in dialogue with the fintech industry
'Persistent non-compliance' by company, says order barring it from credit transactions or top-ups in customer accounts
Indian bonds have rallied over the past three months, fueled by overseas inflows ahead of global index inclusion starting June
Focus on liquidity; few expect neutral stance
Payments bank says it has upheld compliance with supervisory instructions
Paytm is now down about 77 per cent from its initial public offering in 2021
A few weeks ago, RBI chief Shaktikanta Das expressed confidence current monetary policy could bring inflation back to its 4% medium-term target