Tag: rate hike

inflation: Rate hikes since May '22 helped reduce inflation by 1.60%: RBI paper
Posted in Economy

inflation: Rate hikes since May ’22 helped reduce inflation by 1.60%: RBI paper

The cumulative rate hikes of 2.5 percentage points by the central bank since May 2022 negatively impacted headline inflation by 1.60 per cent, a paper…

Continue Reading
BOJ May Hike Rates by Year-end, Says Ex-FSA Senior Official
Posted in Business

BOJ May Hike Rates by Year-end, Says Ex-FSA Senior Official

The Bank of Japan is still in a position to hike rates again by the end of the year given that recent market turmoil hasn’t…

Continue Reading
Bank of Japan move a lesson for central banks, sign of changing times
Posted in Economy

Bank of Japan move a lesson for central banks, sign of changing times

Bank of Japan’s comforting words, coming just a week after the rate hike—rather unparalleled in the once mystic world of central banking—is a testimony how…

Continue Reading
RBI likely to maintain pause on interest rate as inflation moves southwards: Experts
Posted in Economy

RBI likely to maintain pause on interest rate as inflation moves southwards: Experts

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will maintain the policy repo rate at 6.5 per cent during its upcoming June 8 announcement, considering the easing…

Continue Reading
india monetary policy: Lower odds that RBI will hold rates show it solved growth-inflation riddle early
Posted in Economy

india monetary policy: Lower odds that RBI will hold rates show it solved growth-inflation riddle early

India’s monetary policy experts appear to have achieved much more – with much less. In the current cycle of rate hardening, the cumulative rate increase…

Continue Reading
Further rate hike depends on inflation breaching the band: MPC member Ashima Goyal
Posted in Economy

Further rate hike depends on inflation breaching the band: MPC member Ashima Goyal

Interest rate hikes could resume if fresh price shocks were significant enough to raise expected inflation above the Monetary Policy Committee’s tolerance band of 2-6%,…

Continue Reading
Posted in Economy

India inflation: Retail inflation moderates to 5.66% in March from 6.44% in February

CPI-based retail inflation in India eased further to 5.66 per cent in March on an annual basis as food inflation moderated on account of falling…

Continue Reading
RBI likely to hike benchmark interest rate by 25 bps on April 6
Posted in Economy

RBI likely to hike benchmark interest rate by 25 bps on April 6

Under pressure to bring down retail inflation and keep pace with global peers, the Reserve Bank may go in for 25 basis points hike in…

Continue Reading
Reserve Bank of India has 'enough valid reasons' to pause rate hikes in April – ISEC PD
Posted in Economy

Reserve Bank of India has ‘enough valid reasons’ to pause rate hikes in April – ISEC PD

India’s rate-setting committee has “enough valid reasons” to pause hikes when it meets next in April, as risks to economic growth become more acute in…

Continue Reading
interest rate: RBI may be better placed than Fed, ECB to pause on rates
Posted in Economy

interest rate: RBI may be better placed than Fed, ECB to pause on rates

The Reserve Bank of India may be in a better position to pause on the interest rate increase cycle amid rising financial instability even as…

Continue Reading