Rate Cuts

Bond yields fall 6 bps post GDP numbers

RBI's Monetary Policy Committee has kept the repo rate at 6.5% since February 2023. Retail inflation hit a 14-month high in October

The comments, just two days after Trump's re-election, portend the power struggle that may lie ahead between the central bank and a president who insists he should have a say on interest-rate policy

Wall Street closed at record levels on Thursday, after the US Fed cut interest rate by 25 bps. Announcements regarding more stimulus measure from China, quarterly results, and macroeconomic data to be

The election tremors were felt in Europe, too - particularly in the east, which fears reduced US support for Ukraine as it tries to fend of Russian forces

The rupee suffered its worst day in 4-1/2 months on Wednesday, mirroring the slump in other Asian currencies amid uncertainty over what a Trump presidency will bring

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We are not managing the exchange rate, Das clarified

BoE cut borrowing costs in August but kept them on hold at its September meeting, saying it wanted to see further signs that inflation pressures were abating

Food inflation, which accounts for nearly half of the consumption basket, rose to 9.24 per cent in September, compared to 5.66% a month prior

Minutes of the Fed's meeting released on Wednesday showed the decision had been a close call, and Goolsbee on Thursday said he expected more close-call meetings ahead

Tarrant Parsons, RICS' head of market analytics, said the reduction in borrowing costs in August had helped to recover buyer demand

Federal Reserve last month delivered a larger-than-usual half-percentage-point reduction, while the European Central Bank is tipped to cut rates next week for the third time this year

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Since last rate decision, official data showed economic growth moderated to 6.7 per cent in the April-June quarter, below the RBI's projection of 7.1 per cent, while signs show soft urban consumption

The central bank steps in occasionally to support the rupee via moral suasion and had last done something similar in early August

India's government on Tuesday appointed Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as new external members

Whatever happens, a sustained period of central bank activism, in contrast to the recent hiatus of higher-for-longer rates, is likely to take hold

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled on Monday that more interest rate cuts are in the pipeline but suggested they would occur at a measured pace intended to support a still-healthy economy. His comments, at a conference of the National Association for Business Economics in Nashville, Tennessee, disappointed the hopes of many investors that the Fed would implement another steep half-point reduction in its key rate before the end of the year. The Fed cut its rate by a larger-than-usual half point earlier this month as it has moved past its inflation fight and pivoted toward supporting the job market. The broad S&P 500 stock index initially fell 0.6 per cent after his remarks, but recovered afterwards to close about 0.4 per cent higher. "We're looking at it as a process that will play out over some time," Powell said during a question and answer session, referring to the Fed's interest rate reductions, "not something that we need to go fast on. It'll depend on the data, the