Tag: Repo Rate

FD interest rate: As countdown of FD interest rate fall has started, is it time to stop laddering and invest in long term FDs?
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FD interest rate: As countdown of FD interest rate fall has started, is it time to stop laddering and invest in long term FDs?

Fixed deposit (FD) investors have enjoyed a favorable period in the last 1-2 years, with interest rates increasing and staying at their peak for an…

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repo rate: RBI MPC keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%; Inflation, GDP growth forecast for FY25 retained

The Reserve Bank of India-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Thursday decided to keep the repurchase rate (repo rate) unchanged at 6.5 per cent for…

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RBI MPC meeting: RBI starts deliberations on monetary policy amid expectations of status quo on interest rate
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RBI MPC meeting: RBI starts deliberations on monetary policy amid expectations of status quo on interest rate

Reserve Bank’s rate-setting panel started its three-day deliberations for the next set of bi-monthly monetary policy amid expectations of no change in benchmark interest rate…

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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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repo rate: Lending and deposit rate moderate sequentially
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repo rate: Lending and deposit rate moderate sequentially

Even as the transmission of the 250 basis point repo rate increase since May 2022 is still under way, some banks have even lowered lending…

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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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Digitalisation helps improve monetary policy transmission: RBI
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Digitalisation helps improve monetary policy transmission: RBI

Transmission of policy rates could be more effective in a digitalised scenario as it could help in steeper reduction in inflation according to the Reserve…

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Retail investors speculating for higher returns in stock market, says Eco Survey 2024: FD rates not enough for survival?
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Retail investors speculating for higher returns in stock market, says Eco Survey 2024: FD rates not enough for survival?

The Economic Survey 2024 has sounded a word of caution for retail investors going overboard in investing their hard earned money in the stock market….

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'Acche din' to continue for FD investors as high fixed deposit interest rates will not drop soon: All eyes on RBI MPC on June 7
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‘Acche din’ to continue for FD investors as high fixed deposit interest rates will not drop soon: All eyes on RBI MPC on June 7

“Acche din” will continue for fixed deposit (FD) investors as they are likely to keep getting higher interest. This is because the Reserve Bank of…

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home loan interest rates: High EMIs for home loan borrowers to continue as RBI holds repo rate; no respite from high home loan interest rates
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home loan interest rates: High EMIs for home loan borrowers to continue as RBI holds repo rate; no respite from high home loan interest rates

Home loan borrowers, who were hoping to get some reprieve from high interest rate, are in for another disappointment. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)…

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