The friction with the political class is not only about interest rates and monetary policy. While the government often spoke freely about its discomfiture, the RBI had to be careful even in its response to the government as any loose statement would affect the markets.
Market breadth turned negative with 1,779 declines over 884 advances on the BSE
'We are in a sweet spot.' 'Equity, on a standalone basis, will continue to remain the asset class to stay invested in.'
Kotak Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 2 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, PowerGrid, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank. NSE Nifty declined 45.75 points to 16,568.85.
Sensex under pressure as Yellen signals rate hike; banking stock slip.
Twelve of the 21 economists polled doubted whether the government could roll out the tax before the next fiscal year begins in April.
'Policy was more in line with the expectations.'
Modi's Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan or Self-reliant India Mission is about 10 per cent of India's GDP in 2019-20 and would rank behind Japan, the US, Sweden, Australia and Germany. But unlike most of the relief packages announced globally, Rs 20 lakh crore is not entirely in new spending and includes Rs 1.7 lakh crore package the government had announced in March as well as the steps taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) such as liquidity enhancing measures and interest rate cuts.
RBI seen cutting repo rate 25 bps on Sept 29, says a poll
India will have to show more willingness to import, and since Biden will not encourage sale of oil and gas to bridge the gap, it means there has to be more meaningful duty reduction in other areas even if Delhi baulks at a Free Trade Agreement so soon after walking out of RCEP.
The RBI has made serious attempts to improve fiscal deficit.
Most say a rate cut could come in RBI's June policy.
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Dealers cited some dollar selling by state-run banks in the session, which some said may be on behalf of the central bank.
Shares of L&T Technology Services, an arm of engineering giant Larsen and Toubro, made a decent debut on the bourses
Skewed pay packets that encouraged imprudent risk-taking approach was one of the main causes for the financial crisis of 2008-09.
Industry on Tuesday hailed Reserve Bank of India's softening of interest rates in the Credit Policy 2003-04 and \n\nhoped it would lead to further cuts in lending rates of banks giving enough incentives to spur industrial production.
The RBI is scheduled to announce the annual credit policy for 2011-12 on May 3. Industry representatives are expected to press the RBI to lower interest rates so that credit becomes cheaper for them in the customary pre-policy meeting.
Economic recovery in US, euro zone help; new orders sub-index at 52.4
'In the overall global portfolio, India's weighting has come down in the past seven months.'
The rupee ended marginally higher by two paise at 62.24 against the dollar on Wednesday.
At 3.5 per cent per annum, interest on savings accounts is the only regulated rate in the banking system currently and a highly contentious one given its impact on the common man.
Gold, the safest haven amid the ongoing uncertainty, also emerged as one of the most lucrative investment options in financial year 2022-23 with an impressive return of 16.1 per cent in rupee terms, and 2.3 per cent returns in dollars. And, had it not been for the very high inflow of smuggled gold and the huge discount prevailing in the market due to high prices, the returns in gold would have been much higher, analysts said. The precious metal has consistently been delivering positive returns in India since 2016.
Since the burden of 'reserve' tax has fallen primarily on SMEs as they depend on bank finance, a further hike in its Cash Reserve Ratio will definitely hit the SMEs and small savers.
There is not much bank employees can do, but some words of encouragement from the management would have helped. Stretched working hours and the tense atmosphere is taking a toll on their health.
Many believe that the surge in the markets defy economic reality and is being fuelled by aggressive monetary easing by central banks across the world.
The Federation of Indian Export Organisations said that banks are charging as high as 9.75-10.50 per cent interest from exporters.
The 30-share Sensex lost 12 points to end at 29,559 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 4 points to close at 8,914.
Rbi cut rates for teh third time to ease economic situation.
The Indian unit opened higher at 66.10 per dollar as against overnight level of 66.30 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market and firmed up further to 66.04 on initial dollar selling.
The rupee had dipped by a massive 67 paise to an all-time closing low of 61.10 against the dollar on Friday.
The upcoming general elections will be the focus and the economy and market performance will pivot around that event. The general consensus is that the India stock market should be up around 10 per cent by the end of the year.
'Such big falls are quite frequent these days, so do not try to time this market.' 'Use big dips to accumulate quality stocks.'
The buyout will cost LIC about Rs 100 billion, based on the Rs 248 billion market capitalisation of IDBI Bank as on Friday, and assuming it acquires a 40 per cent equity stake from the government.
Analysts believe that investors should look at stocks that hit 52-week lows only if they have a dividend paying track record, are debt-free and have sound fundamentals.
In the latest large opinion poll, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies were forecast to win a narrow majority in the 543-seat lower house of parliament, compared with previous surveys predicting that they would fall short.
The RBI is expected to cut rates in next policy.
The gold and crude oil prices, which have risen to records this year, may ease a little if the US central bank Federal Reserve cut rates at its meeting on Tuesday, an analyst said.The Fed is scheduled to meet today to consider revision of interest rates. The US banking sector regulator has already cut the rate at which it lends to banks by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent at an emergency weekend meeting on Monday.
The Federal Open Market Committee, which decides on rates, struck a positive note, saying economic activity had continued to pick up in recent months and the housing sector is improving.
On November 10, the US Federal Reserve had approved the application of credit card major to become a bank holding company and the change in status facilitated American Express to explore various government funding and lending programmes. In return to the said loan, American Express will issue and sell preferred stock of about $3.39 billion and warrants to purchase shares of common stock for up to 15 per cent of that amount to the Treasury.
Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on Sunday 'voluntarily' gave dope sample to the NADA officials after producing a big leap of 8.41m to qualify for the upcoming World Championships so that 'nobody points any finger of suspicion'.
