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Economist Pronab Sen's prescription for the uncertain state of economy

The forex reserve has shrunk and the country might be staring at a twin deficit. To get a better understanding, Business Standard's Bhaswar Kumar spoke to economist Pronab Sen. Let us listen in

Srei Equipment Finance's auditor Haribhakti resigns from immediate effect

In a letter to administrator of Srei Equipment Finance, Haribhakti cited RBI guidelines for the appointment of statutory central auditors /statutory auditors of commercial banks

Inflation risk has peaked in Asia; rate hikes may moderate: Morgan Stanley

Inflation as measured by the CPI index stood at 7.04 in May 2022, higher than the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) comfort zone of 2 - 6 per cent

RBI measures a step in right direction but forex inflows still seen limited

RBI announced five measures pertaining to the liberalisation of foreign exchange flows into India

Top 5 factors that may set market direction in the second half of 2022

Investors are now looking toward potential triggers that may set the likely trajectory for equity markets in the second half of 2022.

Credit growth to industry accelerates to 8.7% in May, shows RBI data

Credit growth to industry accelerated to 8.7 per cent in May 2022, while for agriculture and allied activities, the off-take increased by 11.8 per cent, according to RBI data released on Thursday. Data on sectoral deployment of bank credit for May 2022 has been collected from select 40 banks that account for about 93 per cent of the total non-food credit. Credit growth to industry accelerated to 8.7 per cent in May 2022 from 0.2 per cent in May 2021. The Reserve Bank further said that credit to medium industries grew by 49.3 per cent in May 2022 as compared with 47.9 per cent last year. "Credit growth to micro and small industries continued to perform well, registering accelerated growth of 33 per cent from 8.9 per cent, while credit to large industries recorded a growth of 1.9 per cent against a contraction of 3.1 per cent during the same period last year," it said. Within industry, credit growth to all engineering, beverage and tobacco, chemicals and chemical products, ...

India's external debt rose to $620.7 bn in FY22, up 8% YoY: RBI data

India's external debt increased by USD 47.1 billion to USD 620.7 billion in the financial year ended March 2022, the Reserve Bank said on Thursday. However, the external debt to GDP ratio declined to 19.9 per cent at the end of March from 21.2 per cent at the end of March 2021. Valuation gains due to the appreciation of the US dollar as against Indian rupee and major currencies such as yen, euro and SDR were placed at USD 11.7 billion. "Excluding the valuation effect, external debt would have increased by USD 58.8 billion instead of USD 47.1 billion at end-March 2022 over end-March 2021," Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a statement. At the end of March, long-term debt (with original maturity of above one year) was placed at USD 499.1 billion, recording an increase of USD 26.5 billion over its level at the end of March 2021. During the same period, the share of short-term debt in total external debt increased to 19.6 per cent from 17.6 per cent. Similarly, the ratio of short-t

Visa creates 100 mn card-on-file tokens following RBI norms last week

The landmark has been achieved in line with RBI's guidelines focusing on security and enhanced checkout experience, said Visa

The art and science of managing inflation

The conduct of monetary policy is not based on simplistic binaries, particularly during times of extraordinary uncertainty

The RBI MPC serves no purpose other than cosmetic and should be dismantled

There are two insurmountable hurdles in the path of RBI's independence on monetary policy. These hurdles make committees redundant

Who doesn't want growth?

The RBI, however, cannot use the growth argument to justify inflation

MPC members indicate more rate hikes to tackle rising inflation

The rate-setting committee has increased the policy repo rate by 90 basis points in May and June, to 4.9 per cent

Will buy Indian stocks if Nifty drops to around 14,000 levels: Chris Wood

In the short-term, Wood suggests that investors should sell stocks on a rally. The bet for a sustained equity market rally before 2022 end is a possible change in the US Fed's language, he said

Regulatory engagement: A sine qua non

It is time for an engagement strategy document incorporating best practices of other central banks in key markets

RBI's regulation review authority moots periodic review of existing rules

Also suggests that regulatory instructions should contain a statement of objective underlying the rationale for their issuance, supplemented with FAQs/guidance notes and illustrations

Chris Wood rejigs India equity exposure; replaces HDFC with HDFC Bank

In the financial sector, Wood now holds SBI, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Prudential Life, ICICI Lombard and CAMS besides HDFC Bank in his India long-only equity portfolio.

RBI policy effect: Loans to get more expensive as banks hike lending rates

ICICI, BoB take the lead; Kotak Bank ups deposit rates

Oil shock: What the RBI can do

The absolute oil price rises at a very high rate and the absolute prices of other goods and services rise somewhat at their usual rates

Over 11.8 mn payment devices deployed across country till April : RBI data

More than 4.11 lakh PoS, mobile PoS and other physical devices were deployed across the country under the Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme as on April 30, 2022, the RBI said

RBI's decision to raise policy rate to help Indian economy, says Assocham

Industry body Assocham on Thursday said the Reserve Bank's decision to raise the benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 4.9 per cent will help the Indian economy in the medium term.