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Monetary policy: RBI likely to return interest rates to pre-pandemic levels

With Federal Reserve officials signaling a pause is out of the question until they see evidence of inflation easing, RBI watchers will be closely monitoring Governor Shaktikanta Das's remarks

Pain for rupee likely as India's trade gap, capital outflows balloon

A shortfall in India's current account -- the broadest measure of trade -- will probably widen to 2.9% of gross domestic product in the fiscal year ending March 31

Recessions in advanced economies may help cool inflation in India

Recessions in advanced economies may benefit India in a "perverse way" as a moderation in global commodities prices will help cool domestic inflation, according to Citigroup Inc

Reserve Bank likely to raise interest rates twice before weighing a pause

June's jumbo hike, which followed a 40 basis points increase in May, is prompting analysts from Nomura Holdings Inc. and Barclays Plc to pencil in a 35 basis-point move in August

RBI MPC meet: Question not whether to raise borrowing costs but by how much

With Wednesday's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision following May's surprise 40 basis-point off-cycle hike, expectations have narrowed down to the size of increase to tame inflation

Inflation fight, monsoon may take pressure off RBI: Former deputy governor

The govt's recent $26-bn fiscal package, which includes tax cuts and subsidies, as well as the RBI's rate increase earlier this month, should be able to cool inflation to 6%, says R Gandhi

Inflation: Your soap or cookies may not be getting pricier but lighter

Companies have moved toward lighter loads in their cheapest packages amid rising costs of edible oils, grains and fuel

India must boost credit, labour to raise growth potential, says IMF

"We had lost two years of growth" because of the pandemic, Choueiri said in a separate interview Friday with Bloomberg Television's Kathleen Hays. "There is still catch up growth happening in India."

Oil shock from Ukraine war risks becoming 'nightmare' for India's RBI

The Ukraine war's impact on global supply chains could force India's central bank to raise its inflation forecast, but may leave little scope for it to tighten monetary policy, according to economists

RBI credibility at risk, says lone dissenter on monetary policy panel

'The time to ditch the Covid stuff from the monetary policy has come,' says Jayanth Rama Varma.

Corporate bond issuances fell as Covid-19 pandemic hit companies

Analysts says it's a learning experience, market expected to do better in 2022

States improve fiscal position, but local bodies still suffer: RBI report

Covid worsened finances of local govts in 2020-21 and 2021-22; local authorities would lose 15-25% of their revenues in 2021, which may make maintenance of current level of service delivery difficult

Indian economy likely to remain cash-dependent for many years to come

After growing at over 20 per cent for most of 2020, currency in circulation growth fell to 8.5 per cent as of October 29 this year, shows RBI data

Rupee, bond may stay calm as Fed's $15-bn taper on expected lines

The US Federal Reserve said it would start its tapering later this month

Samvat 2078: More bang than whimper for rupee, bond this new year

The rupee was at 74.61 to a dollar on November 13 - the beginning of Samvat. It ended at 74.46 to a dollar on Wednesday

Plain speaking integrity: Meet Pratip Chaudhuri, former chairman, SBI

Chaudhuri became the chairman on April 7, 2011, a month after O P Bhatt retired, and his term ended on September 30, 2013

Sell bad debts early, let ARCs take part in IBC: RBI committee

About 80 per cent of the recovery ARCs made came through the "deployment of measures of reconstruction that do not necessarily lead to revival of businesses"

BFSI Summit: RBI to go high-tech to boost oversight, says Dy Governor Jain

The RBI has increased its scrutiny manifold, particularly since the PMC Bank crisis

Bankers in a state of shock after former SBI chairman Chaudhuri's arrest

State Bank says deal on which Chaudhuri was arrested was done after he retired; ex-SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar calls arrest vendetta; pathetic, blasphemous say others

Rupee to see volatility, but no huge slide if Fed tapers in Nov: Experts

Unlike 2013, this time the taper has been communicated well in advance and RBI is ready for any challenge due to huge build-up of forex reserves and a comfortable current account position