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Plan your prepayments, switch to tackle rise in home loan rates

New borrowers must avoid over-leveraging; prepare to cough up more as down payment

RBI raises repo rate by 40 bps in surprise move; CRR increased by 50 bps

The 10-year government bond shot up 26 bps, with the street expecting another rate hike in the June policy

Quantum, timing of RBI rate hike has surprised the markets: Analysts

RBI announcement saw the markets tumble, with the S&P BSE Sensex slipping over 1,100 points in intraday deals to around 55,800 levels.

Investors should expect further interest rate hikes: Debt fund managers

On Wednesday, 10-year government bond yields ended the day at 7.4 per cent, against Monday's closing of 7.1 per cent

Repo rate hike to liquidity surplus, here're the key parameters of RBI MPC

The MPC is faced with the grim prospect of missing its inflation mandate - which is to maintain average inflation between 2-6% for three consecutive quarters

Policy normalisation is back with RBI making surprise rate hike

The rate hike was expected in June, but clearly the central bank sees inflation path as being quite ominous to trigger such an action.

Real estate, auto companies to bear the brunt of interest rate hikes

Niranjan Hiranandani, managing director of Hiranandani Group, said the RBI had to ensure that inflationary pressure on the individual did not get exacerbated by higher rates on home loans

RBI shocker sends market into a tizzy; benchmark indices plunge 2.3%

The bond markets also saw a sell-off, and the yield on the 10-year government bond rose to 7.37 per cent, hitting a three-year high

Retail inflation may have touched 7.4-7.5% in April, say economists

Consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation rate rose to 6.95 per cent in March 2022 from 6.07 per cent in the previous month

RBI's surprise rate hike signals pivot to inflation management completed

The MPC has focused on preventing inflationary expectations from un-anchoring in an increasingly uncertain environment.

Quantum, timing of RBI rate hike has surprised the markets: Analysts

In the last policy meeting in April, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the RBI had shifted its focus to tackle the rising inflation in India after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

MPC meeting minutes show controlling inflation now RBI's priority

The central bank earlier this month started to move away from its ultra-loose monetary policy.

Experts see four rate hikes in FY23, beginning June: BS Poll of economists

Nearly 7% retail inflation in March may spur policy tightening

Will there be a rate hike in June?

That it's not far away is a reality, and the Indian central bank is not in denial mode. Despite the rate not being increased, formally, there couldn't have been a more hawkish policy last week

Monetary policy: RBI to revisit KYC rules after digital lending fraud

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the RBI actions on KYC rules have to be in consonance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

Pressure building on banks to raise lending rates, albeit gradually

Real action only after policy rate revision

RBI monetary policy review: FY23 inflation projections raised to 5.7%

The projection on inflation is based on the assumption of international crude oil prices of the Indian basket remaining at $100 billion a barrel

Inflation expectation, consumer confidence rise, says RBI survey

'For a majority of population and age groups, uncertainty in inflation expectations increased for both three-month and one-year horizons, as compared to the previous survey round' the RBI said

RBI monetary policy review: Revised HTM cap to aid govt borrowing

It is also expected to help in softening the blow from hardening bond yields, bankers and analysts said

Monetary policy: RBI shifts gaze to inflation from growth after 2 years

Sets stage for rate hikes after June policy amid high oil prices, yields