Page 6 - Interest Rates

Bank of England makes biggest rate hike in 30 years to beat inflation

The Bank of England has announced its biggest interest rate increase in three decades as it tries to beat back stubbornly high inflation fuelled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the disastrous economic policies of former Prime Minister Liz Truss. The bank boosted its key rate by three-quarters of a percentage point Thursday, to 3%, after consumer price inflation returned to a 40-year high in September. The aggressive move to prevent inflation from becoming embedded in the economy was in line with market expectations after a more cautious half-point increase six weeks ago. The interest rate decision is the first since Truss' government announced 45 billion pounds ($52 billion) of unfunded tax cuts that sparked turmoil on financial markets, pushed up mortgage costs and forced Truss from office after just six weeks. Her successor, Rishi Sunak, has warned of spending cuts and tax increases as he seeks to undo the damage and show that Britain is committed to paying its bills. The ra

Fintechs shadow banks of current time, are fragile: Douglas W Diamond

Professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, Diamond received the prize along with Philip Dybvig and former Fed chair Ben Bernanke

Borrowing costs bite: Interest-rate surge hurts corporate profits

Interest expenses of listed firms (ex-BFSI) were up 18.5% YoY in Q2FY23

Bank of India launches special deposit scheme; raises interest on others

Apart from the special deposit scheme, Bank of India has raised interest rate on its existing 555-days fixed deposit scheme to 6.30 per cent

Rupee marks biggest monthly losing streak since 1985, braces for Fed move

Oil importers' dollar purchases, breach of technical levels drag rupee lower

A roller-coaster ride: FPIs propel Nifty to reclaim 18K; Sensex tops 60K

The Sensex ended above 60,000 and the Nifty above 18,000 for the first time since September 14

The case for structural financial deglobalisation

Attempting to minimise the costs of their Faustian bargain, emerging-economy policymakers have pinned their hopes on international coordination of monetary policy

US economy rebounds as businesses and consumers show resilience

Records first increase this year at 2.6%, following two quarterly contractions

After a good ride, tide turns for low-cost CASA in September quarter

The share of CASA saw a slight rise to 56.27 per cent in September 2022 from 56.08 per cent in June 2022 and 53.91 per cent a year ago

Gold hits near 2-week high on bets for easing interest rate hikes

Gold prices jumped over 1% on Wednesday as the dollar and bond yields weakened amid signs that the US Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes were dampening inflationary pressures

World stocks at 5-week high on slow rate-hike hopes, earnings in spotlight

World stocks scaled a five-week high on Wednesday, lifted by growing hopes that the pace of U.S. interest rate hikes could soon start to slow

US, European shares rise on hopes Fed will slow interest rate hike pace

US and European shares rose on Monday as signs of a cooling U.S. economy raised hopes that the Federal Reserve will slow its pace of rate hikes

Blackstone's Q3 profit falters as rising interest rates chill dealmaking

Distributable earnings in the quarter ended Sept 30 fell 16% to $1.37 billion, Blackstone reported on Thursday

Days of delivering sub-par returns may soon come to an end for debt funds

The YTM of most debt funds tops 6.5%, indicating that they can at least do better than FDs in the near future

Inflation to fall below 6% next year amid RBI rate hikes: Ashima Goyal

RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Ashima Goyal on Wednesday said that the efforts of the Reserve Bank to contain price rise by repeatedly increasing interest rates will help in containing inflation, which is likely to fall below 6 per cent next year. Goyal further said that the policy rate hikes have largely reversed pandemic-time cuts but the real rate remains low enough not to hurt the growth recovery. "With a lag of two-three quarters, higher real rates will reduce demand in the economy. "International commodity prices are softening with the global slowdown and supply chain bottlenecks have reduced," she told PTI in a telephonic interview. In order to control rising inflation, the RBI on September 30, raised the short-term lending rate for the third consecutive time by 50 bps to take the repo rate to 5.9 per cent. Since May it has cumulatively increased the key interest rate by 190 basis points. "The Indian government is also taking action to reduce supply-side inflati

Gold slides to 3-week low as dollar, fears of rate increase dent appeal

Gold prices slipped to a three-week low on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields rose on bets of more steep interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve

Banks offer over 3-year high interest rate to raise funds through CDs

Call mkt rates at higher end of rate corridor as liquidity shrinks rapidly

66% CEOs in India expect recession in 2023; layoffs on the cards

Eighty-six per cent CEOs in India, compared to 71 per cent CEOs globally, predict that a recession will impact company earnings by up to 10 per cent over the next 12 months.

Gold prices firm as US dollar slides; rate-hike concerns cap upside

Gold prices rose on Tuesday as a weaker dollar lifted bullion's appeal for overseas buyers, although risks from interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve limited further gains

Gold prices jump more than 1% as US dollar, yields pull back

Gold prices on Monday rose more than 1% after declines in the previous two sessions, as the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields faltered