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The Reserve Bank of India has allowed banks to set their own limits for borrowing in call and notice money markets, a move that would allow for greater dexterity in managing funds amid a more complex liquidity environment.Prior to this,…

The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to keep rates unchanged at its three-day meeting this week, as inflation has moderated well into the central bank's tolerance zone.According to an ET poll with 16…

Forecasting a steeper fall in inflation to the tune of 50 bps lower than previously projected, a Wall Street brokerage sees the central bank leaving the policy rates unchanged at 6.5 per cent in the forthcoming review on June 8. Analysts at…

As a mortgage borrower this past year, you can’t be faulted for feeling hard done by. The perception is that the loan market is generally tilted in favour of bulk borrowing — and appears even more so since the early summer of 2022, when the…

Banks have conveyed their concerns about persistently high overnight rates and liquidity conditions to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ensure a more equitable access to funding and shrink the widening gap between the benchmark policy and…

Retail inflation at a 18-month low may be comforting for investors, but the central bank's MPC when it meets in June will have its plate full - the sudden reversal by the Australian central bank, an unlikely softening by the Fed and…

Unseasonal rains impacting rural demand, high-interest rates on auto loans and increased costs due to new regulatory norms are making the automotive industry cautious about the growth prospects in the current fiscal. The industry --- which…

India's retail inflation declined marginally to 6.44 per cent year-on-year in February as against 6.52 per cent in January, data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed on Monday.The sequential inflation…

Inflation is expected to come down over the year, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Ashima Goyal said on Sunday, asserting that the government's supply-side action coordinated with a flexible inflation-targeting regime has kept the…

After a rock solid 2022, the calendar year 2023 has not started on a positive note for the Indian markets. As can be seen from the below graph the Indian equities outperformed the major global indices last year but its performance in the…