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RBI keeps retail inflation within target level for over 12 months

CPI-based inflation for first half of the next fiscal, beginning April 2020, has been projected at 3.6 per cent

RBI may cut interest rates by 40 bps before end of FY20: Fitch Solutions

RBI has cut interest rates four times this year

ANZ Banking Group slashes India's GDP growth forecast to 6.2% in 2019-20

The forecasts all badly lag the government's longer-term target of getting the economy humming at rates above 8%

Should borrowers opt for an RLLR-based home loan over an MCLR-linked one?

A reduction in MCLR is good news for home loan borrowers

Jalan committee finalises report on RBI reserves; board meet on Aug 23

The Jalan committee report will not have the views of former finance and economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg

Jalan panel may suggest transfer of RBI's surplus in tranches over 3-5 yrs

According to various estimates, the RBI has over Rs 9 trillion of surplus capital with it

Increased forced lending to NBFCs can land banks in trouble: Fitch report

NBFC disbursements have declined steeply as a result, with knock-on effects to other sectors, particularly consumption

Top events of the day: Jalan panel meet on RBI framework, WPI data and more

From Delhi HC hearing on AgustaWestland case to June quarter results, Business Standard brings you top events of the day

RBI to come up with revised norms for housing finance companies

Moreover, it will also allow the RBI to directly give liquidity support to the stressed HFC sector

Jalan panel reviewing RBI's economic capital framework to meet on Wednesday

This will be the first meeting of the six-member expert committee since Subhash Chandra Garg was abruptly shifted from finance to power ministry last month

On-lending by NBFCs to 'needy' segments to be priority sector loans: RBI

Under the revised on-lending model, banks can classify only the fresh loans sanctioned by NBFCs out of bank borrowing

RBI unlikely to vote in favour of overseas sovereign bond in Aug 16 meet

The overseas sovereign bond issuance, therefore, will lead to 'feedback process' getting further entrenched in the domestic debt market, 'and this may weaken monetary policy transmission'

Reserve Bank bans NBFCs from charging loan foreclosure penalties

Foreclosure charges are part of the fee income for any lender and adds to its bottom line

Moving onshore

India needs modern tools to hedge currency risks

How to make the horse drink water

For ideal monetary transmission, we need two benchmarks - one for loans and another for deposits

Crafting a fiscally neutral stimulus

With a slew of industries in the grip of a prolonged slump, a package of measures that will boost demand without burdening the exchequer is imperative

Rising price of gold boosts central bank's forex reserves coffers

The rising price of the precious metal has helped the central bank increase overall forex reserves despite currency reserves not rising

RBI's Usha Thorat panel for easier foreign play in currency market

The committee submitted its report to the RBI governor on Thursday

Indian consumer's pessimism hurdle for RBI bid to reverse economic slowdown

Consumption, which contributes nearly 60% to GDP, has been largely hurt by a shadow banking crisis

RBI may cut another 25 bps before Dec amid concerns over growth: Study

In the third bi-monthly monetary policy review, the central bank cut the repo rate for the fourth time in a row to 5.40 percent-- a nine-year low, and retained neutral stance going forward