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The Indian rupee touched record low of 65.52/dollar on Thursday and is down 16 per cent so far this year despite efforts by policymakers to prop it up.
This is the biggest one-day fall in the rupee since August 3, 2016
It is unlikely that the RBI will drop rates until the inflation rate drops below five per cent.
And why markets could give up 25 per cent of all these gains made since March 2020
A collapse in global oil prices has unleashed a wave of monetary easing.
RBI policy surely cannot impact agflation, in any case.
The RBI has targeted 6 percent inflation by January 2016
The breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was slightly positive
The S&P BSE Midcap and S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.4% and 1%, respectively
'We all wanted a strong Centre with a decisive mandate from the people, to allow them to take bold decisions.'
Raghuram Rajan, who has been pilloried by his critics for keeping interest rates high and has also been accused of stifling growth.
The change from wholesale to retail inflation as an anchor means that the weightage of diesel in inflation has decreased
Lower fuel subsidy payouts might restrict gross fiscal deficit in FY15.
January inflation may undershoot RBI's 6% target.
The Central bank primarily factors Consumer Price Index while deciding on policy rate.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the decision could cost the government roughly Rs 15,000 crore.
Repo rate may well end 2013 at 8 per cent, where it had begun the year.
Food prices, which have contributed to a large part of inflation over recent years, have remained benign, despite unseasonal rain.
What came to the rescue of the IIP numbers in February were mining and electricity.
'So far, the government has sanctioned more than Rs 300 billion as GST refunds,' Ansh Bhargava and Aditya Singhania point out.
RBI projects GDP growth in FY16 at 7.8 per cent, 30 bps higher than FY15. However, this comes with a downward bias.
Disagreeing with Reserve Bank's projection on the price situation, former RBI Governor and PM's Economic Advisory Council chairman C Rangarajan said WPI and CPI may not be as high as being projected by the central bank.
India Inc has an impressive report card to show for the first quarter of this financial year.
Over the past few months, macro parameters have improved.
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Slight recovery in growth is expected only in July-September.
However, some analysts say RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan may delay the rate cuts amid mounting concerns over the government's fiscal health.
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The rupee is set to breach the Rs 60-a-dollar mark again this week as the Street expects foreign institutional investors to continue pulling out of domestic markets. According to the street, this would result in government bond yields rising.
There would be a short period of turmoil in 2015 but real returns are likely to be positive.
Key macroeconomic indicators suggest softening industrial growth.
'Good economics isn't necessarily bad politics, or vice versa,' says Shekhar Gupta.
The statement said the food inflation stood at 7.56 per cent in February, 2014, against 8.94 per cent of the previous month and 14.98 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan will announce the monetary policy on April 1 and expectations of a status quo are rising ever since the official data on consumer price inflation for February pointed to a cool down to 8.1 per cent.
D-Street is hoping RBI policy review meeting on Tuesday will uphold its stand on easing of interest rates
Changes the base year and included more sectors.
Inflation indexed bonds assure a positive return over inflation.
He will presumably choose to remain true to the framework he has put in place.
A freely convertible country must have sound macroeconomic policies.
The RBI must first deal with the adverse turn of events in the CPI.
India's annual industrial output grew at a slower-than-expected pace of 3.6 percent in September.
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