Banks now make loan loss provisions on incurred loss model, wherein provisions are made after defaults
On Friday, RBI increased the repo rate by 50 basis points taking the key repo rate to 5.9%; here is why it should matter to you
RBI Policy: Shaktikanta Das announced the RBI MPC's decision to hike the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.9% and slash the GDP forecast for FY23 to 7% from 7.2% earlier
CPI inflation for the current financial year is seen at 6.7%, with the price gauge seen at 7.1% in July-September
RBI Monetary Policy Live update: This would be the fourth hike in the policy repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, which is currently at 5.4%
Since the beginning of 2022, India's reserves have fallen 13.88 per cent from $633.6 billion to $545.6 billion
With the RBI MPC expected to announce its decision on Friday, we explain how inflation, repo rate and demand are linked to each other
The Reserve Bank of India's six-member monetary policy committee will raise its repurchase rate by 50 basis points to 5.9%, according to 24 of 35 economists surveyed by Bloomberg as of Wednesday.
Costlier EMIs and the limited ability of banks to transmit the rate hikes to customers may lead to the real estate sector becoming among the worst impacted sectors
If RBI increases the repo rate, the cost of borrowing by banks also rises, which subsequently makes taking loans from banks costlier
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das' traffic light imagery for the fintech industry has several implications
This hike is par for the course - not to fight inflation alone but also to stem currency depreciation
After reporting a loss of Rs 4,588 crore in 2021 fiscal, Byju Raveendran, the founder and CEO of the world's most valuable edtech firm Byju's, has told employees
'Unbridled mushrooming of digital lending apps is a material concern'
Warning against mushrooming of lending apps and their usurious recovery prices, the Reserve Bank said it is not interested in penalizing operators or stifling innovation but wants them to follow the rules of the game, governor Shaktikanta Das said on Tuesday. Addressing the third edition of the global fintech summit here this evening, he said the intention of the central bank is not to penalize or stifle anyone but to ensure that everyone follows traffic rules. The statement assumes importance in the wake of the recent incidences wherein a few people who borrowed through these apps have been forced to commit suicide and the last week's incidence of a young pregnant woman being mowed down by the recovery agents of Mahindra Finance which financed her father's tractor in Bihar. Since the past two years, when the negative loan app incidents began to surface the central bank had made many changes in the rule book, including mandating the loan apps to upfront disclose on whose NBFC's or .
While economists and the Reserve Bank of India aren't ringing any alarm bells just yet, investors are watching closely given the rupee's slump to an all-time low last month
Council held meeting in Mumbai on Thursday, chaired by Union Finance Minister Sitharaman
He expects inflation to fall within tolerance band by January-March
Inflation has peaked, expect CPI at 5% in April-June, he says
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