The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points, prompting several Indian banks to adjust their repo-linked lending rates (RLLR). This move is set to benefit home loan borrowers, as banks like Indian Bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB), and Bank of India have announced reductions in their lending rates. … Read more
State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has ceased its Amrit Kalash fixed deposit (FD) scheme, which was earlier available for a limited period. This scheme offered a notable interest rate of 7.10% per annum for regular investors and a higher rate of 7.60% for senior citizens on a 400-day deposit. According to … Read more
India’s central bank will cut its key policy rate in December by a quarter point to 6.25% to bolster slowing economic growth, according to a slim majority of economists in a Reuters poll who also expect inflation to moderate in the near-term. Inflation unexpectedly spiked to 5.49% in September, but was forecast to cool to … Read more
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is seen keeping interest rates unchanged this week as the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to assess the durability of recent declines in inflation while keeping a wary eye on escalating tensions in West Asia, which pose risks to local price pressures. According to an … Read more
Robust capital expenditure by the government and improvement in business confidence will push the country’s economic growth in 2024-25, an official said on Tuesday. Chief Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Rural Development Kuntal Sensarma said that the focus areas in 2024-25 should be infrastructure growth, inclusive development and harnessing demographic dividend, among others. “The … Read more
When it comes to parking one’s hard-earned money into safe investment tools, fixed deposit schemes are still the most chased ones looking at the volatility in the market. As the Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate at the same level, many banks have tweaked their fixed deposit rates to attract customers. In the … Read more
Mumbai: The Monetary Policy Committee has not officially raised interest rates for a year, but its novel stance of “focussing on withdrawal of accommodation” has led to much tighter financial conditions than the traditional rate hike stance of “calibrated tightening”, effectively delivering a rate hike without touching the policy rate. An analysis of the weighted … Read more
Mumbai: RBI is likely to keep interest rates unchanged after its monetary policy review this week as it battles inflation, said respondents in an ET poll, but some of them said a fiscally prudent interim budget and signs of global monetary easing may prompt the central bank to soften its communication on tight liquidity conditions … Read more
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has asked its members to comply with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) decision to increase the UPI transaction limit to Rs 5 lakh for hospitals and educational services by January 10. The NPCI has instructed banks, payment service providers (PSPs), and UPI applications to increase transaction limits … Read more
In the recently concluded meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, chaired by Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das, the panel unanimously decided to keep the repo rate- the key lending rate- unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the fourth time in a row, also leaving its policy stance unchanged with focus on withdrawal of … Read more