Australia has announced a parliamentary inquiry into long Covid, with the aim of developing a clear definition of the illness and gauging the scale of its impact on the country's 26 million people
The dollar hit a six-day high as Treasury yields surged, while inflation fears were bolstered as oil prices rose to their highest since 2014 on possible supply disruptions
How does the government raise funds to meet its obligations, in excess of its annual revenue generation? Well, it issues Treasury Bills or T-Bills. This report tells us more about it
U.S. business activity grew at a moderate pace for a second straight month in July amid supply constraints
The finance ministry has asked all ministries and departments to assess the government guarantee requirement for the current fiscal and submit a prioritised list.
The Federal Reserve has maintained the pace of bond purchases as was widely expected
Repo and Treasury bill rates have been flirting with zero since the beginning of the year as reserve balances at the central bank swell
One explanation for the disconnect is that dealers are taking steps to trim holdings before the expiry of a key regulatory exemption on March 31
Spot gold fell 0.1% to $1,810.65 per ounce. U.S. gold futures eased 0.1% to $1,811.10
RBI last week stepped into normalise its ultra-loose liquidity policy by introducing a Rs 2 trillion 14-day reverse repo auction.
The following charts explain the current situation of the economy
"The result will be announced on the same day and payment by successful bidders will have to be made on August 24, 2020 (Monday)," RBI said
NSE introduced trading in treasury bills (T-bills) and state development loans (SDLs) in its capital market segment
The RBI received bids of Rs 3.45 trillion, or more than four times the amount on offer.
Mutual funds had requested regulator to allow higher limits for G-secs, T-bills
Fiscal year 2019 saw a widening in the deficit to $984 billion, the largest budget deficit in seven years
MF schemes deployed Rs 1.8 trillion in G-Secs and T-bills in August, which is 52 per cent higher than in last August
In 1994, the government had decided to stop borrowing via what, since 1955, had been known as ad hoc treasury bills