New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) India’s markets successfully navigated a turbulent quarter of geopolitical shocks, and US-Iran peace deal and oil trading near $70–$80 per barrel will help ease inflation, support the rupee, reduce the import bill, and benefit rate-sensitive and oil-consuming sectors, a report said on Tuesday.The report from smallcase said the key risk remains any breakdown of the peace deal or renewed disruption at the Strait of Hormuz. It could re-spike crude, revive inflation and…
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New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The reforms, rewards and resilience seen in the RBI MPC decisions can result in potential capital flows of $40 billion, which can pull back the rupee to 92-93 level against US dollar, an SBI Research report said on Friday, adding that it expects rate pause in RBI’s August policy.“We believe RBI will continue to look through inflation prints before taking a considerate call of a potential rate hike. We continue to believe that growth considerations could trump a more …
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India is set to announce its monetary policy decision on Friday after the three-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting — chaired by Governor Sanjay Malhotra — with experts widely expecting the repo rate to remain unchanged amid geopolitical tensions and rising crude oil prices.The policy decision comes against the backdrop of escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia, which have pushed up crude oil prices.Experts largely anticipate a status quo o…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to hold repo rate hike in its June monetary policy meeting and must use short-term rates and nudging to manage the pressure on the domestic currency, an SBI Research report said on Sunday.“Our call is along ‘hold the rates’ with a data-driven future dependency. However, an inflation targeting central bank can always use interest rate tools like operation twist that addresses market microstructure,” the report suggested.It…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Economists on Friday said they do not expect any change in repo rate or stance this time amid geopolitical tensions, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gears up for its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting next week.According to them, the tone will be cautious and what will be eagerly awaited is RBI’s forecast of GDP and inflation under the prevailing uncertainty. “We do not expect any measures for either liquidity or currency management as RBI will do whenever req…
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday that the government’s borrowing programme is on the lower side, which would enable it to raise the required resources at reasonable prices.Addressing the post-monetary policy press conference, the RBI Governor said there was a need to focus on the net borrowing figure rather than gross borrowings.“It may not be right to look at the gross borrowing number alone. There are much more redemptions in FY27 so gross borrowing is expec…
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced on Friday that the Monetary Policy Committee has unanimously decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at the current level of 5.25 per cent and stick to the neutral monetary policy stance.The RBI Governor said that the decision to maintain the status quo in the policy rate had been taken after careful consideration of the macroeconomic conditions and the outlook for the economy ahead.He said that since the last monetary policy mee…
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) India continued to remain the fastest-growing major economy in the world, with GDP growth estimated at 7.4 per cent, according to the latest Market Pulse report released by the National Stock Exchange of India on Monday.The report highlights strong macroeconomic stability, rising investor participation, and record fund-raising activity in capital markets during 2025.As per the First Advance Estimates, India’s economic growth stayed well ahead of global peers, supported by…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) India’s inflation rate, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was estimated at 1.33 per cent for December 2025, which is marginally higher than the corresponding figure of 0.71 per cent for November.Food inflation remained in the negative zone during December at (-) 2.71 per cent, as prices of food goods fell compared to the same month of the previous year. Food inflation has now stayed negative for the seventh month in a row, easing the burden on household budgets….
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) India’s equity markets could provide robust returns in near future due to impressive valuations, trailing performance, macro stability and the growth cycle, a report said on Wednesday.The report from MS Research predicted a 13 per cent upside for BSE Sensex to touch 95,000 by December 2026 citing a 50 per cent probability.The firm assumed continued fiscal consolidation, higher private investment and a positive gap between real growth and real rates to provide this base …