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Rate transmission better in easing cycle than tightening period

Experts said, generally, in an easing cycle banks tend to reduce the interest rates on deposits faster than on loans to protect their margins

US banking crisis: Key interest rates suggest RBI may go slow on tightening

The fall in OIS rates mirrored a decline in the 10-year US bond yield, which plunged close to 40 bps after the collapse of SVB

25 or 50 basis points will depend on coming economic data: Powell

January US job openings dip, but still high at 10.8 million

Lanka's central bank raises interest rates in anticipation of IMF bailout

Central bank Governor P Nandalal Weerasinghe said with the rate increase all "prior actions" have been fulfilled and he was hopeful of the IMF bailout being approved within this month

US Federal Reserve may hike policy rates to 6%: BofA Global Research

Strong US consumer demand and a tight labour market would force the central bank to battle inflation for longer

Central banks, including RBI, may raise interest rates to combat inflation

ECB President Christine Lagarde has already said the bank till hike rates, if needed

Pass-through of fall in commodity prices not clear: RBI MPC's Bhide

'In the past two meetings, the size of the rate increases have come down'

Real interest rate of about 1% appropriate for Indian economy: Ashima Goyal

"You don't need to keep on raising nominal rates as long as inflation does not come down because then you will definitely overshoot in terms of real rates," Goyal said

RBI MPC minutes show deepening concerns over inflation pressures

Disinflation can't rely only on food, must be firm in inflation fight, says RBI Das

State Bank of India issues Rs 4.5K-crore in AT1, half of the amount planned

Bonds allocated at coupon of 8.2% with call option on Feb 2033

SBI raises MCLR by 10 bps; increases deposit rates in some buckets

Lender announces decision after central bank last week raised the repo rate to 6.50%

How have the home loan EMIs changed since RBI's repo rate hike in May 2022?

The deposit and lending rates are directly proportional to the repo rate, and they generally go up if the benchmark rate is hiked

MPC meet: No change in stance, RBI hints at more policy rate hikes

Policy rate increased by 25 bps to a 4-year high of 6.5%

Analysts expect RBI to hike repo rate 25 bps again in April policy

Analysts are of the view that after delivering the seventh hawkish policy on Wednesday the central bank may pause after delivering a likely 25 basis points increase in the April review. For Abheek Barua, the chief economist at HDFC Bank, the 25 bps repo hike and keeping its withdrawal of accommodation stance unchanged are on expected lines, the policy tone was hawkish as the RBI-MPC has recognised that they are still away from achieving their objective of durable disinflation, which still looks distant as the core inflation continues to remain sticky. Even as headline inflation is likely to moderate over the coming months, core inflation could remain sticky, and if the RBI chooses to continue seeing signs of durable moderation in core inflation as a yardstick for policy tightening, another 25 bps rate hike in April is likely. But we see a change in stance to neutral is unlikely until the RBI pauses its rate hike cycle, Barua said. He said that the more-than-expected hawkish stance w

Adani Enterprises, RBI policy takes Nifty above 17,850, Sensex leaps 378pts

CLOSING BELL: Adani Enterprises surged 23 per cent, while Adani Ports zoomed 9 per cent, leading the winners' list on the Nifty50

MPC's optimistic growth outlook augurs well for credit demand

The MPC's optimistic growth outlook for H2 FY2024 augurs well for the credit demand for the banking sector as well as the lenders, said Karthik Srinivasan of Icra

RBI Monetary Policy: Repo rate up by 25 bps, FY23 inflation pegged at 6.5%

RBI MPC: Shaktikanta Das said that the repo rate hike of 25 bps is considered appropriate at this juncture but the monetary policy will remain agile to inflation

RBI MPC increases repo rate by 25 bps, pegs FY24 inflation at 5.3%

Need to see decisive decline in inflation, core inflation still sticky, says RBI governor

RBI repo rate hike to impact affordable housing demand, say experts

The impact will be short-term, and the boost in budgetary allocations towards infrastructure will keep the demand robust

RBI MPC: When and where to watch policy announcement by Shaktikanta Das

RBI monetary policy: In December, Das had said that despite consecutive rate hikes, core inflation had continued to remain 'sticky'