Page 3 - Interest Rates

Jerome Powell likely to underscore US Fed's inflation fight far from over

Inflation is cooling, and parts of the economy appear to be weakening. But Chair Jerome Powell is likely Wednesday to underscore that the Federal Reserve's primary focus remains the need to fight surging prices with still-higher interest rates. With financial markets anticipating that the Fed will stop raising rates soon and possibly even cut them later this year, analysts say Powell will need to push back against such optimism. If financial markets expect lower rates than what the Fed plans to deliver, the central bank's already treacherous task can become even harder. Powell's tough message will likely emerge at a news conference after the Fed's 19-member policy committee announces its latest action. The policymakers are set to raise their benchmark rate by a quarter-point to a range of 4.5% to 4.75%, its highest level in about 15 years. The move could further increase borrowing rates for consumers as well as companies, ranging from mortgages to auto and business loans. In some

Oil prices rise as US recession fears over rate hikes ease, dollar weakens

Tamer rate hike expectations helped lower the dollar index, which supported oil prices as a weaker greenback makes the commodity cheaper for buyers holding other currencies

Early pivot unlikely in the face of persistent inflation: UTI AMC's Chopra

"Credit funds have performed quite well in 2022, on the back of an improving economic cycle, low-interest rates, and easing liquidity as domestic and global economies opened up"

More glitter: Multi-asset allocation funds burnish gold's safe-haven appeal

Worth its weight in Gold: Saw portfolio increase of 1-6 percentage points in November-December 2022

Here's why bond veteran sees India's benchmark yield trending downwards

Investors will get a sense of how much more debt India is planning to raise in it's upcoming Feb 1 budget

Indian lenders expect pick up in retail deposits as interest rates rise

Currently, most large lenders offer deposit rates between 6.75% and 7.30% for 1-2 year deposits and between 5.75% and 7.25% for longer-term deposits

Fixed or floating rate? Choose floating-rate car loan if you plan to prepay

With interest rates peaking, you could benefit from a decline in them

Financial conditions to be tighter due to Fed's decadal-high rates: Crisil

Liquidity conditions will also not return to surplus as seen in the pandemic years, which will maintain fundamental pressure on domestic interest rates

Bank of Baroda hikes interest rates on retail term deposits by up to 65 bps

Further, the Bank is offering interest rates up to 7.50% p.a, which includes 0.50% p.a. for senior citizens and 0.25% for non-callable deposits, for a period of 1 year and upto 3 years

Gold scales 9-month high above key $1,900 level; highest since late April

Lower interest rates tend to be beneficial for bullion as they decrease the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding asset

Maintain exposure to US funds in face of recent underperformance

Your portfolio will benefit from geographical diversification; long-term returns of these funds are good

Fino Payments Bank ups interest rate on savings deposit to 5%

In addition to the hike in interest, the bank's customers will also get monthly interest pay-outs on their balances.

Bulls stage turnaround on Monday; key reasons why Sensex rallied 850 pts

The market sentiment got a boost from jobs and services data in the US, which hinted at a cooling economy prompting bullish bets from investors

Asian stocks in 2022 suffer biggest foreign outflows since 2008 crisis

After four straight 75-basis point hikes earlier in 2022, the US Federal Reserve raised its overnight borrowing rate by another 50 basis points in December

Interest rates to be reduced in 2023: Sri Lanka's central bank chief

He said that Sri Lanka's inflation rate eased to 57.2 per cent in December from 61 per cent in November, noting that this reflected that the policies they have taken from April 2022 were successful

Govt hikes interest rate on post office savings schemes by up to 1.1bps

The government on Friday raised interest rates on most post office savings schemes that do not get income tax benefits in line with the firming of interest rates in the economy. While the interest rate for popular PPF and girl child savings scheme Sukanya Samriddhi were retained, rates for deposits up to 5 per cent as well as NSC, senior citizen savings scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) where income accruing is taxable have been hiked by up to 1.1 percentage points, according to a finance ministry notification. This is the second quarter of an increase in a row in interest rates for some schemes. This follows a status quo or unchanged rates for nine straight quarters. Interest rates for small savings schemes are notified on a quarterly basis. With the revision, a one-year term deposit with post offices would earn 6.6 per cent, for two years (6.8 per cent), three years (6.9 per cent) and five years (7 per cent). Senior Citizen Savings scheme will earn 40 basis points more at 8 per

Go ahead with house purchase in 2023 despite high loan rates

By the time interest rates moderate, prices could move higher

Thanks to Adani, India to rank among 2022's best-performing stock markets

A solid run of earnings buoyed key Indian benchmarks to record levels, making the market larger than the UK

Interest rates for renewable power must be brought down: Assocham president

Assocham president Sumant Sinha has called for bringing down interest rates for the industry, especially for the domestic renewables sector, which is seeing high rates of 8-10 per cent compared to 3-4 per cent in the western markets. On his expectations from the government for the domestic power and renewable energy sectors in the upcoming budget, Sinha said interest rates should be brought down for the rate-sensitive sector. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the budget on February 1. "Bring down the interest rates because ours is a very interest rate-centric sector. ...it is high compared to what you pay in other parts of the world. In India, the rate is in the range of 8 per cent to 9.5 per cent for the industry and (specifically) in power and renewables (sectors) it is 8-10 per cent," Sinha, who is also the Chairman of ReNew Power told PTI in an interview. "In the western world, rates are 3 to 4 per cent." Sinha said every 1 percentage point increase i

Top Indian banks battle for no 1 bond spot as credit demand surges

Indian businesses are hungry for credit, despite rising interest rates, as they borrow to cover higher operational costs and for more investments