During the recent monetary policy review meeting held between February 5 and 7, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made the decision to reduce the policy repo rate from 6.50% to 6.25%. This marks a change after maintaining the rate unchanged for eleven consecutive meetings, which is about five years. The new Governor, Sanjay … 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
Devendra Pant, Chief Economist, India Ratings, says food inflation is cooling off but there are two commodities which could be another source of problem for food inflation in general and your overall inflation in particular. In August ‘24, oil and fats had a deflation of 0.86% and come November it has an inflation of 13.28%. … Read more
Mumbai: The central bank’s rate-setting panel on Friday kept policy rates unchanged for its 11th straight review meeting, but slashed the cash reserve requirement, which could ease borrowing costs and opens a window to begin the easing cycle in its next meeting. It temporarily lifted the cap on interest rates on US dollar deposits, amid … Read more
As the world grapples with ongoing geopolitical tensions and heightened risks of economic downturns, the performance of equity markets in 2025 remains a pressing concern for investors. Nikhil Gangil, smallcase Manager and Founder of Intrinsic Value, in an interview with Business Today, shed light on key factors such as monetary policy adjustments, inflationary pressures, global … Read more
Neelkanth Mishra, Chief Economist, Axis Bank & Head of Global Research and Whole Time Director, Axis Capital, says the worst of the growth should be behind us in the sense that the Indian economy may be going through a cyclical bottom. The 7% odd growth is what the economy can deliver. The labour input, capital … Read more
The yen languished near a three-month trough on Tuesday as the loss of a parliamentary majority for Japan’s ruling coalition in weekend elections raised uncertainty about the nation’s political and monetary outlook. Elsewhere, the dollar eased a touch, though remained not too far from its recent high ahead of major U.S. data releases later in … Read more
“What the market is doing now is waiting for those details. Are we going to get some significant fiscal action in other words because the issue of the Chinese economy here is weak consumer spending, weak consumer confidence, and of course a very soft property market,” says Geoff Dennis, Independent EM CommentatorOne of the big … Read more
U.S. central bankers lopped half of a percentage point from their interest rate target in September. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the bigger-than-expected reduction was a sign of confidence that inflation is headed back to the 2% target and should not be seen as any indication of the pace of cuts going forward. Here … Read more
When there are whispers and murmurs in some corridors about the need for re-evaluating the inflation targeting framework component, or tinkering with the yardstick of price pressures measurement, the message from the central bank governor was unequivocal: Don’t tamper. Apart from conveying his determination to bring inflation down to 4% as mandated by law, governor … Read more