Page 21 - Interest Rate Hike

Dollar index hits 20-year high, sterling tumbles on dovish Bank of England

Stocks tumbled on Thursday as investors fretted the Fed might need to take more drastic action to bring inflation under control

Indices see wild swings after US Federal Reserve, RBI raise policy rates

After rising over 900 points in early trade, Sensex ends flat at session's end

Sensex falls 865pts from day's high, ends flat; RIL dips 2%, IT stocks gain

CLOSING BELL: Around 3:30 PM, the mega IPO of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was subscribed 91 per cent with policyholders' quota seeing a subscription of 2.79 times

RBI girds up to fight inflation: No Band-Aid for realty, FMCG players

Monetary policy response will help preserve macro-financial stability, says RBI governor as he announces benchmark rate hike

Rate hike impact: Rate sensitive shares tumble as RBI ups rate by 40bps

At 02:27 PM: Nifty Bank, Nifty Financial Services, Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Auto and Nifty Auto index were down between 1.3 per cent and 2 per cent on the NSE.

Quantum, timing of RBI rate hike has surprised the markets: Analysts

In the last policy meeting in April, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the RBI had shifted its focus to tackle the rising inflation in India after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Dollar approaches 20-year highs, US Federal Reserve meeting in focus

The Fed has taken an increasingly aggressive approach to monetary policy as it tackles inflation that is soaring at its fastest pace in 40 years

Gold dips as bond yields rise before Fed meeting expecting rate hike

The market is concerned that the Fed could be quite hawkish, pricing in a 50 basis point hike, and it could be 75 basis points in July, said Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management

IMF, World Bank chiefs warn of debt squeeze in world's poorest nations

As interest rates rise, the debt pressures are mounting on developing countries, and we need to move urgently towards solutions, World Bank President David Malpass said

Should you bet on new-age tech stocks in a rising interest rate regime?

After a lull, a rebound in the market has lifted new-age technology stocks off their lows in the last one month. Is the magic returning to new-age tech stocks or it's a short-term euphoric overshoot?

Top headlines: Four rate hikes likely in FY23, 'Tata Neu' an instant hit

Business Standard brings you the top headlines this morning

Experts see four rate hikes in FY23, beginning June: BS Poll of economists

Nearly 7% retail inflation in March may spur policy tightening

March CPI inflation at 6.9% may trigger rate hike cycle from June: Analysts

Annual retail inflation shot up to a 17-month high of 6.95 per cent in March from a year ago, remaining above the tolerance limit of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a third straight month

Equities or bonds? Where to invest in a rising interest rate scenario

The RBI's hawkish approach has taken markets by surprise. It has kicked-off a rate tightening cycle to tame inflation that spiked to 6.95% in March. What're the investment options in this scenario?

Shifting gear

Prepare for rate hikes faster than expected

Dollar riding high after index hits 100 for first time in nearly two years

The dollar index rose as high as 100 in early European trading hours, its best level since May 2020. It later lost some momentum and was last broadly flat at 99.844.

Gold subdued as US interest rate hike expectations dent appeal

Gold is highly sensitive to rising U.S. interest rates and Treasury yield, which increase the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding bullion, while boosting the greenback in which it is priced

FOMC minutes: Fed officials weigh shrinking balance sheet by $95 bn a month

Federal Reserve officials 'generally agreed' last month to trim $60 bn per month from the US central bank's Treasury holdings and $35 bn from its holdings of mortgage-backed securities

Gold steadies as inflation jitters offset US interest rate hike bets

Gold prices steadied on Wednesday with concerns over high inflation offsetting expectations of an aggressive interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve

Gold largely unchanged as Ukraine risks counter rising US Treasury yields

Gold held steady on Tuesday as safe-haven demand spurred by the possibility of new sanctions on Russia countered a rise in US Treasury yields and expectations of interest rate hikes by Federal Reserve