'In the long run, India's strong growth story and reforms to make assets globally attractive will determine the rupee's resilience.'
'The next phase of India's IPO cycle will be defined by quality, pricing discipline and investor selectivity.'
'Economic activity appears to have peaked in the second quarter of FY26, with industrial output, exports, and business confidence all softening from October 2025.'
Reserve Bank of India Governor Bimal Jalan on Wednesday said the apex bank's stance on soft interest rate environment will continue while it will remain flexible for repo rate.\n\n\n\n
Aiden Markram and Mitchell Santner's individual performances could potentially decide the outcome of the T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
One of the implications of rising interest rates that deserves more attention than it gets in the current discourse is that of deteriorating credit quality.
"Clearly there is a slowdown in the number of deals. . . interest rates have gone up from eight per cent in the past to now 12 per cent and prices too have gone up but an asset bubble is not there," ICICI Bank Joint Managing Director Chanda Kochhar told PTI. She said that a correction was expected as the present slowdown was in number of deals and not so much in prices.
The country's largest public sector lender State Bank of India on Thursday said that it does not expect the interest rates to go up in the short term.
The Great Shamsuddin Family is a seemingly light chamber piece that hides its claws of social commentary under the chirpy banter of an apartment full of women, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The government is closely watching the movement of prices of five essential items -- steel, cement, sugar, wheat and rice -- besides that of oil in the global market despite inflation dropping to over a two-year low of 3.35 per cent, Finance Minister
Asset quality stress has ballooned recently, as growth slowed and interest rates continued to rise.
Even if the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee decided to hold interest rates in the October meeting, it acknowledged the scope for further rate cuts while waiting for the impact of the past steps to play out.
'There is a fortune in stolen money, counterfeit notes floating around, and political skullduggery afoot, along with treachery, double dealing, kidnapping and all manner of wickedness packing the series so densely that the pace never flags and a profusion of twists keeps the story engaging even when it strains credibility,' notes Deepa Gahlot.
Credit rating agency ICRA expects interest rates in the Indian economy to harden, which together with a slowdown in agriculture growth, will put pressure on industrial activity and profitability of the banking sector.
Economic growth projected at 8.5 per cent for 2007-08; Inflation to be close to 5 per cent.
Given the extremely good liquidity situation in the economy, interest rates are likely to remain stable in the next six months, K V Kamath, managing director and CEO, ICICI Bank said.
RBI's deregulation drive on saving interest rates has created a competitive environment.
At the heart of this debate is Section 3(d) of the Patents Act, a safeguard designed to prevent drugmakers from extending monopoly protection through trivial modifications to existing medicines.
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday left all the key interest rates unchanged in the first quarterly review of the monetary policy.
IDBI Bank has hiked interest rate by 0.25 per cent on fixed deposits having maturity of 365 days and above, effective from Monday.
Institute of Economic Growth has warned that rising foreign exchange demand and global interest rates may weaken the rupee and slow down forex accumulation, which is expected to touch $106 billion by March.
The Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) today decided to retain the previous year's interest rate of 8.5 per cent for the current fiscal.
Consumers may not have got any respite from high interest rates, but they also need not be apprehensive about further increase with the Reserve Bank of India giving a clear signal for stable monetary policy stance.
India and South Africa will face off in their opening Super Eight match of the T20 World Cup. The match will test India's batting line-up against South Africa's formidable bowling attack.
RBI Governor has been under pressure from Finance Ministry.
Reserve Bank of India should introduce interest rate options based on Indian rupee benchmark, a financial derivative instrument, to meet future financing requirements of clients, according to the representatives of leading private banks.
SBI reduced interest rates for minor irrigation loans upto Rs 25 lakhs to eight per cent in the first one year and nine per cent in the second and third years. The existing rates in this category is 10.5 per cent-13,25 per cent.
India are looking to create history, as they aim to become the first team to successfully defend the T20 World Cup, while England will be aiming to reclaim the title they last won four years ago.
Interest rates give an idea about the state of a national economy.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hailed the decision of RBI to cut the interest rate, saying it is positive for the Indian economy and will certainly help in reviving the investment cycle the government is trying to restore.
Among Sensex firms, Eternal, Sun Pharma, Infosys, HDFC Bank, HCL Tech, Hindustan Unilever, Power Grid, ITC and Adani Ports were the major gainers. However, Tata Motors, Trent, Bajaj Finance and Asian Paints were among the laggards.
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Monday said the central bank will have to raise interest rates to tame inflation and the hikes need not be considered by politicians and bureaucrats as some "anti-national" activity. Known for his frank views, Rajan also said it was important to remember that the "war against inflation" is never over. "Inflation is up in India. At some point, the RBI will have to raise rates, like the rest of the world is doing," he said in a LinkedIn post.
Some public sector banks, including State Bank of India (SBI), Union Bank of India, Canara Bank, and Bank of India, are increasing the spread on home loans for new customers to protect margins.
The government on Wednesday cut interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, by up to 1.1 per cent for the first quarter of 2021-22 in line with falling fixed deposit rates of banks. Interest rate on Public Provident Fund (PPF) has been reduced by 0.7 per cent to 6.4 per cent while National Savings Certificate (NSC) will now earn 0.9 per cent less at 5.9 per cent. Interest rates for small savings schemes are notified on a quarterly basis. The rates of interest on various small savings schemes for the first quarter of the financial year 2021-22 starting from April 1 has been revised, the finance ministry said in a notification.
The last scene in Hamnet will be seared in movie memory, notes Deepa Gahlot.
A neutral monetary policy stance, heavy government borrowing, and issuers adjusting to a higher-for-longer yield environment have set the stage for a largely stable corporate bond market in 2026.
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