Page 10 - Interest Rates

Banking body BIS urges decisive wave of global rate hikes to stem inflation

Surging energy and food prices mean inflation in many places is now its hottest in decades

June sell-off: Most EMs see deeper cuts than India after Fed's rate hike

Month-to-date returns for most stock market gauges are flashing red

US existing home sales drop to two-year low in May, shows data

Existing home sales fell 3.4 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.41 million units last month

Yes Bank launches FD linked to repo rate, with mark-up of 1.1-1.6%

Lender also raises interest rates on standard FDs, capping them at 6.5% for regular customers, 7.25% for seniors

Metals' loss is infrastructure and capital goods companies' gain

Interest rate hikes, however, remain a pet peeve

Indian corporate houses face a sharp, abrupt increase in funding costs

The sharp rise in interest rates in the financial markets has made companies turn to commercial banks for their borrowing requirements

Going against the world tide, Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low rates

The central bank kept its policy settings for yield curve control and asset purchases, according to a statement on Friday, in line with the forecasts of almost all surveyed economists

Dow Jones falls 758 points to lowest in over a year, techs slide

The Dow had rallied on Wednesday after the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced its largest rate hike since 1994

Sensex, Nifty tumble 2% on Federal Reserve's steep interest rate hike

Foreign investors sold shares worth 3,257.65 crore on Thursday, taking their year-to-date selling tally past the Rs 2-trllion mark

Investors brace for recession, more mkt turmoil after Fed's supersized hike

The S&P is down 22.2% year-to-date and is in a bear market

Will list subsidiaries at opportune time: SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara

'We have a healthy conduit of proposals for corporate loans under review', said SBI chairman

India Inc's earnings may take a hit in coming quarters as rates rise

Listed non-financial firms had saved nearly Rs 1 trn because of decline in interest rates in FY21, FY22

Global stocks, dollar firm ahead of rate meetings, crude hits $120

The European Central Bank meets on Thursday, though it is not expected to begin raising interest rates until July, with rate setters at the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England gathering next week

Most economists see 50-bp repo rate hike: Business Standard policy poll

FY23 inflation projection may go above 6%; liquidity steps anticipated

Rate hike for sure, but by how much, Governor?

It's time the central bank talked about 'appropriate' liquidity instead of 'adequate' liquidity

Govt ratifies 8.1% EPF interest rate for 2021-22, lowest in 4 decades

The 8.1 per cent EPF rate of interest is the lowest since 1977-78, when it stood at 8 per cent.

EMIs to hurt more as PNB, ICICI Bank, HDFC hike interest rates

Third hike by HDFC in a month, ICICI increase steepest at 30 basis points

HDFC raises interest rate by 5 bps; ICICI Bank raises MCLR by 30 bps

As of December 2021, a little over 39% of banking system loans are linked to the external benchmark, shows RBI data

US Federal Reserve won't flinch as labour market starts tailing off

US Fed will take the data in stride as it prepares to keep boosting interest rates and wait for a more-sustained cooling in job growth to help moderate wage gains and inflation

Chinese tech firms forced into 'blood listings' as capital dries up

Public offerings at slashed valuations could translate into losses for venture capitalists in late funding rounds