According to HSBC, the 'storm has abated' for the Indian markets as the US Fed has deferred tapering of its quantitative easing stimulus, and as the new Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has taken steps to contain the rupee fall.
The inflow of cheap capital has also kept the rupee at a high level, making exports uncompetitive and broadening the current account deficit despite falling oil prices.
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya is the eighth economist to quit since the Modi government took office.
A senior official with Muthoot Finance said the group would also want to apply for a universal licence.
An action on the rate front is unlikely to figure in Rajan's plan for the moment.
It has already cut the rate three times this year to loosen credit and boost slowing growth in Asia's third-largest economy.
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The big test will come at the end of March when the fiscal year ends and banks tend to hold on to cash.
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
The total market valuation of all BSE-listed firms on Thursday regained the Rs 100-trillion mark as the benchmark Sensex climbed over 600 points after the RBI surprisingly cut interest rate by 25 basis points.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
The rupee's strength against its competitor could come to haunt exporters.
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The rupee resumed lower at 61.15 per dollar as against the last closing level of 60.77 per dollar yesterday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and dropped further to 61.44 per dollar before quoting at 61.40 per dollar at 1045 hours.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 292 points at 29,571 and the 50-share Nifty closed up 75 points at 8,910.
Hopefully, the grey world of central banking in a nation hit by demonetisation, will lighten up with some of his notes soon.
The arrival of the June-September rains has been delayed.
All policy planners want low interest rate, says Jaitley
India's central bank kept its key repo lending rate unchanged at 6.75 percent on Tuesday.
'China's development is on a different scale from India's. They are very far ahead.' 'I don't think it will be possible in the next 30 years for us to catch them,' says Aakar Patel.
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Food and fuel inflation in India have remained high for several years, the paper said, adding to durably reduce the current high inflation, the monetary policy stance needs to remain tight for a considerable length of time.
Rajan retained the short-term lending rate at 6.5 and the cash reserve requirement of banks at 4 per cent.
RBI deputy governor N S Vishwanathan has said the new framework was in line with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code guidelines.
The argument for a weaker rupee is substantial.
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Industry's demand for a reduction in the repo rate, currently 8 per cent, has gained momentum after wholesale and retail inflation eased in February.
Raghuram Rajan remains focused on a long-term inflation target of 4 percent.
The WPI has been in the negative zone since November.
A strong currency helps in fighting some of the import-led inflation.
The RBI gauges both measures of inflation when deciding on monetary policy,
The finance ministry is not only keen to split the roles of CMD, but also wants to appoint them for a fixed tenure of five years.
Investors' confidence has been revived in recent weeks on the likelihood the elections will usher in a new government.
The move will likely attract more retail investors.
The rupee had gained seven paise to close at 61.15 on Friday on suspected RBI intervention in the forex market.
investors will look to the new governor to continue the banking sector clean-up with the same urgency as Mr Rajan, who was targeting fully cleaned-up and provisioned balance sheets by March 2017
Only double-income households can buy flats in India's top 8 cities, except Mumbai
Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman C Rangarajan may have found the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s inflation projections on the higher side, but independent experts agree with the central bank and expect both wholesale and retail prices to remain high.
Economists and investors want RBI to retain independence in setting rates
According to the global financial services major, inflation may remain sticky, with a possible El Nino effect on the monsoon likely to push up food prices and geopolitical uncertainties seen pumping up global commodity rates.
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RBI chief Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday he was 'very uncomfortable' with the inflation reading, a comment that probably seals the case for him to deliver his third rate increase next Wednesday, despite a weak economy.
Traders believe the RBI will step in more strongly, if the rupee starts falling towards 65
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