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Rupee falls below 82 against US dollar after RBI hits pause on rate hikes

The rupee declined to an intraday low of at 82.06 per U.S. dollar versus 81.88 before the RBI policy announcement

MPC lowers projection for inflation, raises growth outlook a bit in FY24

Volatility in global financial market has potential upsides for imported inflation, says committee

LIVE: We will work towards inflation target of 4%, says RBI Governor

Catch all the updates of the live address by Reserve Bank of India's Governor Shaktikanta Das on the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee on repo rate

As RBI keeps repo rate unchanged, here's a timeline of it since June 2000

The standing deposit facility rate and the marginal standing facility rate also remained unchanged

SBI, DLF: Trading strategies for rate sensitive stocks post RBI policy

An unchanged repo rate may propel rate sensitive stocks to rise up to 15 per cent

RBI monetary policy: MPC votes for pause, keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

RBI repo rate: The MPC decision to hit the pause is for this policy cycle only, says RBI governor Shaktikanta Das

Top headlines: Subpar global trade growth, Sebi crackdown on ads, and more

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour

RBI rate hike touch & go affair amid inflation, growth concerns, swaps show

Policy decisions this week from some of the Reserve Bank of India's global peers offer a good reason for the split

Financials, IT aid rise in Indian shares ahead of RBI rate decision

The Nifty 50 closed 0.91% higher at 17,557.05, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.99% to 59,689.31. Both the benchmarks have extended gains for a fourth session in a row

RBI's MPC meet begins amid expectations of yet another rate hike

The RBI's rate-setting panel on Monday started its three-day meeting amid expectations that the central bank may go for 25 basis points hike in benchmark interest rate, probably the last in the current monetary tightening cycle that began in May 2022. Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das-headed Monetary Policy Committee during its three-day meeting (April 3, 5 and 6) will take into account various domestic and global factors before coming out with the first bi-monthly monetary policy for fiscal 2023-24. The decision of the six-member rate setting panel will be announced by the Governor on Thursday. The central bank has already increased repo rate by a total of 250 basis points since May in a bid to contain inflation, though it has continued to remain above the RBI's comfort zone of 6 per cent most of the time. The two key factors which the committee is expected to deliberate intensely while firming up the next monetary policy are elevated retail inflation and the recent action tak

RBI decision, global cues to drive mkts in holiday-shortened week: Analysts

RBI's interest rate decision, macroeconomic data and global trends would dictate terms in the equity market in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Besides, the focus will also be on foreign portfolio investors' trading activity, they added. Equity markets will remain closed on Tuesday for 'Mahavir Jayanti' and on Friday on account of 'Good Friday'. "Investment by FIIs, who are turning out to be small net buyers, and DIIs will be monitored. The market will also have an eye on the RBI MPC meeting. The RBI policy outcome is scheduled for April 6," said Pravesh Gour, Senior Technical Analyst, Swastika Investmart Ltd. From auto sales data, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported their highest-ever dispatches to dealers last fiscal, enabling the domestic passenger vehicle industry to log in the best-ever performance to date. "This week is also a holiday-shortened one and scheduled events and data would keep participants busy. On the macroeconomic front, S&P global ...

RBI to raise rates once more on April 6 but leave door open for more: Poll

Inflation in Asia's third-largest economy remains above the central bank's upper tolerance limit of 6.00%, reaching 6.52% in January and easing only slightly to 6.44% in February

RBI to hold five-day variable rate repo auction worth Rs 75k cr on March 24

The RBI conducts repo operations in order to infuse liquidity into the banking system

Fixed deposit interest rates to go up again? RBI hits at another hike

In the bulletin, the RBI said that the Indian economy is unlikely to face any major repercussions from the ongoing global financial turmoil

Bank of Baroda raises interest rates on retail term deposits by 25 bps

Bank of Baroda has increased interest rates on domestic retail term deposits, including NRO and NRE term deposits, by 25 basis points on select tenors. These rates are applicable on deposits below Rs 2 crore, with effect from March 17, 2023, the pubic sector lender said in a statement. Interest rates have also been hiked on the Baroda Tax Savings Term Deposit as well as Baroda Advantage Fixed Deposit, a non-callable retail term deposit scheme. The new rate on deposits of above 3 years to 5 years is 6.5 per cent and for resident Indian senior citizens, it is 7.15 per cent. For term deposits of above 5 years to 10 years, the new rate is 6.5 per cent and for senior citizens it is 7.5 per cent. Bank of Baroda had earlier increased retail term deposit interest rates in December 2022 by up to 65 basis points and in November 2022 by up to 100 basis points.

TMS Ep389: Repo rate hike, HUL CEO Rohit Jawa, YES Bank, contagion risk

Are we heading for another repo rate hike? What challenges does the new HUL MD & CEO face? Has YES Bank turned the corner? What is contagion risk? All answers here

Further tightening could push growth down to 5%: MPC member Ashima Goyal

Continuing to raise nominal repo rates until core inflation falls could imply an overshooting or excess tightening of real rates, says the MPC member in an interview with Business Standard

Difference between rise in median MCLR, term deposits crosses 40 bps

Interest rates on fresh deposits have moved up faster than fresh loans

Consider switching home loan if you can get 35-45 bps lower rate

Avoid extending the tenure while transferring as this will nullify the gains

How have the home loan EMIs changed since RBI's repo rate hike in May 2022?

The deposit and lending rates are directly proportional to the repo rate, and they generally go up if the benchmark rate is hiked