HDFC Bank has announced a 25 basis points reduction in interest rates on its savings bank deposit accounts, marking the first cut since April 2022. Effective from 12 April 2025, this revision affects all customers across savings account balances. For balances below Rs 50 lakh, the interest rate is now 2.75% per annum, down from … Read more
Dinesh Kumar Khara, Former Chairman, SBI, says where banks have primarily adopted the repo rate as their external benchmark, there will be the quickest transmission of changes. However, they may not be able to adjust their deposit rates immediately, as such adjustments typically occur with a delay. In contrast, if the loan portfolio is linked … Read more
RBI MPC repo rate: The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee may go for an interest rate cut on February 7 for the first time in almost five years. During its December meeting, the RBI decided to keep the repo rate steady at 6.5% for the 11th consecutive time due to ongoing inflationary challenges. … Read more
Shares rose in Asia, sidestepping losses on Wall Street following hotter-than-expected core inflation that heightened the focus on the Federal Reserve’s next move. Japanese and South Korean stocks opened higher while those in Australia slipped. US equity futures also edged higher, after the S&P 500 fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.1% Thursday. A … Read more
The cut in interest rates on small savings schemes of the government has been rolled back. “Interest rates of small savings schemes of GoI shall continue to be at the rates which existed in the last quarter of 2020-2021, ie, rates that prevailed as of March 2021,” the Finance ministry tweeted today morning. The order … Read more