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RBI Cuts Repo Rate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its monetary policy review undertaken by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has made the following decisions: RBI cuts repo rate to 5.4%...

August 8, 2019

Monetary Policy tweaks by RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced the interest rate by 35 basis point (0.35%). This is the fourth successive reduction in the repo rate. What is the...

August 7, 2019

US Federal Reserve’s Rate Cut: Impact on India

The United States Federal Reserve has announced a quarter-percentage-point cut in interest rates. This was the first-rate cut in 11 years- the first since the global financial crisis broke...

August 2, 2019

Sovereign bonds: Risks and Rewards

In the budget, the government has proposed to raise a part of its gross borrowing in external markets in external currencies by issuing sovereign bonds. Under the programme,...

July 30, 2019

WPI Inflation in India

As per the data released on 15th July, it was observed that the Wholesale price-based inflation (WPI) declined for the second consecutive month to its 23-month low of...

July 15, 2019

World Bank releases its latest report on “South Asia Economic Focus, Exports Wanted”

As per latest report on “South Asia Economic Focus, Exports Wanted” by World Bank (WB), India’s GDP growth is expected to accelerate moderately to 7.5% in FY 20...

April 9, 2019

RBI cuts its repo rate under Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to 6.0%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut its repo rate under Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to 6.0% in its first bi-monthly policy statement...

April 4, 2019

Retail inflation increases to 2.57% in February 2019

The Central Statistical Office (CSO) has released the data of Inflation for the month of February 2019. The data shows that: Retail inflation was at a four-month high...

March 13, 2019

WPI Inflation Hits 10-Month Low

The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industries has released the data on WPI Inflation. The data makes the following observations: The WPI Inflation fell to a 10-month low...

February 15, 2019

Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index: Key Facts

The seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index report makes the following observations about the Services Business Activity in India: The index witnessed a drop for the second...

February 6, 2019

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