With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashing its inflation forecasts, which in any case have been way out of sync with actual prices for
Category: Economy
India’s companies aren’t as optimistic as RBI on economic growth prospects | Business Standard News–07.04.2018
India’s central bank appears optimistic about economic growth prospects, expecting demand and investment to underpin a recovery this year. The nation’s companies aren’t so sure.
Inflation cheer: RBI paints a rosy picture of the economy | Business Standard Editorials–07.04.2018
As was widely expected, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its policy rates on hold on Thursday, but projected a fairly dovish outlook
RBI optimistic about Indian economy as trade war looms | business news | Hindustan Times–07.04.2018
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is optimistic that the Indian economy would outpace China to become the world’s fastest growing major market this year
RBI cautious, but optimistic–Deccan Chronicle–07.04.2018
The Reserve Bank tilted in favour of growth at its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2018-19 on Thursday, while maintaining it would monitor the
RBI: RBI paints a ‘Goldilocks’ economy as trade war looms – The Economic Times–06.04.2018
By Anirban Nag India’s central bank is optimistic the economy would outpace China to become the world’s fastest growing major market this year and help
Cautious on rates, sanguine on prices: Caution warranted in a year of assured volatility–Economic Times–06.04.2018
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) retained the repo rate at 6% but the yield on government bonds has moved down sharply. This shows that it
RBI’s monetary policy review: Central bank’s stance signals positive change | Business Standard News–06.04.2018
The Reserve bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy committee (MPC), in its first bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2018-19 on Thursday, decided to maintain the status quo on key
RBI’s puzzling inflation projection – Business Line–06.04.2018
Governor Urjit Patel has delivered a dovish policy that will make the bankers smile The risks to inflation are higher than they have been for
Less than interesting – Business Line–06.04.2018
The first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2018-19 was a largely desultory exercise As expected, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has chosen to keep repo rates
[ RBI-MPC] Benevolent and balanced approach – Business Line–06.04.2018
The MPC move signals that monetary policy-making under an inflation-targeting framework is finally taking root in India The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee to
Dovish surprise – Business Line–06.04.2018
Despite the status quo, bond markets rallied In its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY2018-19, the Reserve Bank of India expectedly kept the policy
Cut fuel taxes: RBI policy statement suggests government has an opportunity to step on the gas–Times of India–06.04.2018
Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee (MPC) on Wednesday played it safe by keeping the central bank’s policy rate unchanged at 6%. This was
[RBI-MPC] Steady hand | The Indian Express–06.04.2018
The sobering fact is even after taking a projected growth of 7.4 per cent this fiscal, the average growth over the last five years is
In 3 years, RBI switches back to GDP-based measure to calculate growth of Indian economy | business news | Hindustan Times–06.04.2018
The Reserve Bank on Thursday switched back to the gross domestic product (GDP)-based measure to offer its growth estimates from the gross value added (GVA)
Surprise softening: on RBI’s inflation projections – The Hindu–06.04.2018
The RBI’s inflation projections belie households’ and manufacturers’ expectations The Reserve Bank of India’s policymakers have acted predictably in opting to keep interest rates unchanged
Pare petroleum taxes —but not just yet–Economic Times–05.04.2018
As news of petroleum fuel retail prices hitting new highs every passing day hits the consumer, expectation builds up that the government would cushion the
Loan waivers will hurt farmers more – Business Line–05.04.2018
Policies that improve the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of the farm sector are the need of the hour The ongoing farm distress around the country
What rising bond yields tell us about the economy – The Hindu–05.04.2018—–*****
The bond market is a strong indicator of investor confidence in the government. Here is how you can read it. The recent furore over the
Bond cover-up – Business Line-05.04.2018
A large part of Indian banks’ non-performing asset (NPA) woes can be traced to the fact that when their lending decisions go awry, they sweep