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Banks can boost liquidity by drawing down on CRR: RBI governor Das

The fall in the liquidity surplus is owing to multiple factors, including the RBI's interventions in the forex market and a sharp pick-up in bank credit growth, which is currently at nine-year highs

RBI's rate hike to increase EMIs; equity, forex markets give thumbs up

The Reserve Bank's decision on Friday to raise the key interest rate by half a percentage point will increase the EMIs for home, auto and other loans, though the hawkish move was cheered by both equity and forex markets, with the benchmark BSE Sensex rising more than 1,000 points and the rupee appreciating by 33 paise against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the government announced a steep 40 per cent increase in price of natural gas which will eventually make CNG and piped gas dearer for consumers. Within hours of the RBI increasing the benchmark lending rate (repo) to a three-year high of 5.9 per cent, India's banking sector giant SBI and largest mortgage lender HDFC raised their loan rates by 50 basis points. Other banks and NBFCs are likely to follow soon. Since May, the central bank has raised the repo rate by 190 basis points in its fight against elevated inflation. In view of the deteriorating global situation and domestic inflation, the RBI has lowered its GDP growth projection f

Extending purview: RBI to regulate offline payment aggregators, too

Pinelabs, MSwipe, Ezetap, FSS, Hitachi payments, Worldline, etc. are some offline payment aggregators

Inflation, external pressure priority over growth: Finance ministry

The MPC also cut its FY23 GDP growth forecast to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent, with Governor Shaktikanta Das acknowledging that there were downside risks to economic growth

System ready for tokenisation, says RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar

Roughly 350 million tokens have been created so far, Rabi Sankar said in the post-monetary policy press conference.

Six months on, crypto tax leading to siphoning of India's wealth: Experts

The crypto industry is largely unregulated in India, and the central government, along with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), have repeatedly refused to make cryptocurrencies legal

Action against M&M Financial Services won't affect other NBFCs: RBI

Experts had pointed out that in light of these directions against one entity, recovery activities of NBFC sector could get impacted as a majority of NBFCs rely on outsourced agents for loan recovery

Currency movements not guiding factors for monetary policy: Shaktikanta Das

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said that currency movements are not the guiding factors for monetary policy decisions. He said currency management is the domain of RBI and that it will deploy all the appropriate measures on the same. The Monetary Policy Committee, which decided to go for a rate hike of 0.50 per cent earlier in the day, takes into account domestic factors on inflation and growth while formulating its rates strategy, Das told reporters during the customary post-policy press conference. He said the primacy is given to inflation while the aspect of growth is also looked into. On liquidity, Das said there should not be any worries about tightness and that the system wide funds availability was more than Rs 5 lakh crore. Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said rupee trade proposals have been received from four to five countries and many banks. He did not provide further details.

RBI expects current account deficit to come under 3% of GDP in FY23

The Reserve Bank expects the current account deficit to be under 3 per cent of GDP in FY23, Deputy Governor Michael Patra said on Friday. The CAD will "modestly widen" in the first half of the fiscal year and narrow in the second half, Patra told reporters in the customary post-policy press conference. "Overall, we expect the current account deficit to be under 3 per cent of GDP (in FY23)," Patra said. The comments come a day after official data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed that the CAD widened in the first quarter of the fiscal to 2.8 per cent of GDP. In FY22, the CAD had stood at 1.2 per cent of the GDP. Patra said there are factors beyond the widening trade deficit as the exports are getting hit due to adverse economic developments in the advanced economies, and pointed out certain factors helping the CAD lately. He said the oil prices have moved south, which will lower the import bill, and there has been a 23 per cent growth in petroleum exports, courtes

RBI policy projections: Sept inflation to hit five-month high of 7.6%

Central bank will have to write to government explaining the reasons of its failure to contain inflation up to 6%

RBI Monetary Policy: Repo rate up by 50bps; here's how it will impact you

On Friday, RBI increased the repo rate by 50 basis points taking the key repo rate to 5.9%; here is why it should matter to you

India's external debt rises 7.1% to $617 bn in June 2022: RBI data

India's external debt has risen by 7.1 per cent as it stood at $617.1 billion in June 2022, against $575.3 billion during the corresponding period of last year

India's current account deficit widens in April-June quarter: RBI

In absolute terms, the current account deficit (CAD) stood at $23.90 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022/23, its highest since the December quarter of 2012

RBI policy review LIVE: Inflation forecast for FY23 remains unchanged

RBI Monetary Policy Live update: This would be the fourth hike in the policy repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, which is currently at 5.4%

Stocks to Watch: Hero Moto, Adani Enterprises, Zydus Life, Vodafone Idea

Stocks to Watch today: Hero MotoCorp said it will invest USD 60 million (about Rs 490 crore) in US-based Zero Motorcycles to jointly develop electric motorcycles

Banks increase interest rates on bulk deposits as liquidity tightens

Loan, deposit growth gap at 10-year high

Current account deficit widens to 2.8% of GDP in Q1; trade deficit jumps

Services exports, remittances show firm momentum in Q1

Indian bond, equity markets decoupled; see 30% downside in Nifty50: CLSA

The decoupling of Indian equity markets, this year, from the global markets has been remarkable. While the S&P 500 has lost over 20 per cent in CY22 so far, the Nifty50 index is marginally in the red

Sensex and Nifty drop for seventh day running; FPIs pull out $2 billion

Benchmark indices crash 5.5% as FPIs yank out $2 billion

US economy, geopolitics: Factors that could roil markets next quarter

With the rupee weakening against the US dollar, a more hawkish pivot by RBI is expected