Tag: interest rates

MPC meeting: To hike or not to hike? RBI watchers on guard for shift
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MPC meeting: To hike or not to hike? RBI watchers on guard for shift

India central bank watchers have plenty of reasons to tune into Governor Shaktikanta Das’s policy decision on Thursday even though most expect he’ll keep interest…

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Food inflation India: India mulls major cut to food weighting in new CPI basket
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Food inflation India: India mulls major cut to food weighting in new CPI basket

An Indian government panel tasked with revising the nation’s consumer price index is considering a substantial cut in the weighting of food, according to a…

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RBI MPC: Inflation target evades RBI's rate panel as rejig looms
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RBI MPC: Inflation target evades RBI’s rate panel as rejig looms

The Indian central bank‘s (Reserve Bank of India) rate setting panel faces another food-driven spike in inflation as it meets a final time ahead of…

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Rising dissent & rains to test RBI's status quo on key rates
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Rising dissent & rains to test RBI’s status quo on key rates

Mumbai: For the Monetary Policy Committee that is meeting this week, the most significant event since it last assembled in June is not the Federal…

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Monetary Policy Committee: RBI's MPC unlikely to announce a change in repo rate, according to an ET poll
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Monetary Policy Committee: RBI’s MPC unlikely to announce a change in repo rate, according to an ET poll

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep interest rates unchanged this week as high food prices prevent any tilt toward softer policy,…

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Slowdown, likely rate cut in US will drive foreign investment to India: Experts
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Slowdown, likely rate cut in US will drive foreign investment to India: Experts

New Delhi: In a report earlier this week, Fitch Ratings noted that elevated interest rates in the US since 2023 have begun to show some…

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Spot gold was little changed at $2,444.88 per ounce, as of 0419 GMT, after hitting its highest since July 18 earlier in the session.
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Gold scales 2-week high as US Fed signals likely September rate cut

Gold prices hit a two-week high on Thursday as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell opened the door to cutting interest rates as early as…

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manufacturing PMI: Factory activity maintains solid growth in July, PMI shows
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manufacturing PMI: Factory activity maintains solid growth in July, PMI shows

India’s manufacturing activity expanded at a solid pace in July thanks to continued robust demand, according to a survey that also showed cost pressures were…

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US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference.(AFP)
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Key takeaways from latest US Federal Reserve meeting: When is rate cut likely?

Aug 01, 2024 10:27 AM IST US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announced that interest rates will remain unchanged at the current rate range of…

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Reserve Bank of India: Reserve Bank of India to hold rates in August, first cut in Q4: Reuters poll
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Reserve Bank of India: Reserve Bank of India to hold rates in August, first cut in Q4: Reuters poll

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will keep interest rates steady for a ninth straight meeting in August due to persistently high inflation, with a…

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