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RBI’s 25bps repo rate cut in its 3rd May 2013 annual policy statement is likely to spur a bond market rally going forward. Bond markets will start expecting at least one more repo Read More
03 May 2013
The RBI governor Dr. D. Subbarao is saying he is hawkish on rates but his actions suggest that he is dovish on rates. The Central Bank cut the benchmark policy rate, the repo rate Read More
03 May 2013
Bond markets have nothing to look forward except fresh supply of government bonds starting April 2013. RBI has cut repo rate by 25bps as per market expectations but has indicated tRead More
19 Mar 2013
“The headroom for further monetary easing remains quite limited” was enough for the Sensex and Nifty to fall by over 1.5% and for the 8.15% 2022 government bond yield to rise by 6bRead More
19 Mar 2013
RBI released an interesting Table in its third quarter 2012-13 monetary policy review. Table 1 shows that PSU banks have been the worst performers in the NPA front and their capitaRead More
06 Feb 2013
The months of February and March are typically tight liquidity months for the system. Demand for funds goes up across the system as banks; corporates and the government look to balRead More
30 Jan 2013
RBI uses central bank language in its monetary policy communication. The RBI communicates its policy to bankers, economists, analysts, bond traders and fund managers and hence it dRead More
30 Jan 2013
RBI policy actions for fiscal 2012-13 include repo rate cut of 75bps, CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) cut of 75bps and SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) cut of 100bps. In addition to policyRead More
29 Jan 2013
RBI is widely expected to cut the repo rate by 25bps in its policy review on the 29th of January 2013. The rate cut will be the first in calendar 2013 and the second in nine monthsRead More
22 Jan 2013
RBI has guided for a shift in policy to supporting growth from the earlier policy of containing inflation expectations. The central bank maintained policy rates status quo in its pRead More
18 Dec 2012
RBI made the December 2012 policy review a non event and guided markets for monetary easing starting January 2013. Equity, bond and currency markets will start factoring easing sysRead More
18 Dec 2012
RBI has fresh data to chew on when it goes into its December 2012 mid term policy review. IIP and Export growth were negative for the months of September and October 2012 respectivRead More
16 Nov 2012
The RBI has inadvertently placed a lot of pressure on the Indian Rupee (INR) through its 30th October 2012 policy review statement. The central bank has lowered the GDP forecast, uRead More
31 Oct 2012
Equity and bond markets were hoping that the RBI would give them a cause for cheer on the festival of Diwali on the 13th of November 2012. However the central bank put paid to thatRead More
30 Oct 2012
Yield curves across market segments have been flat to inverted over the last one and half years on the back of tight liquidity conditions and policy rate hikes. The normal shape ofRead More
17 Sep 2012
The CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) cut by the RBI in its mid quarter policy review on the 17th of September is a signal rather than any concrete action on inflation or growth. The CRR cuRead More
17 Sep 2012
Financial markets will get over its initial disappointment over RBI maintain status quo on policy rates in its 18th June 2012 policy review and appreciate the wisdom of the RBI dowRead More
18 Jun 2012
The higher than expected 50bps rate cuts has pleased all concerned including the RBI. The government is happy as it believes a rate cut will help push up growth, markets are happy Read More
17 Apr 2012
RBI delivered a positive surprise to the markets with a 50bps repo rate cut. Markets were expecting a 25bps repo rate cut and have reacted positively to the 50bps rate cut with equRead More
17 Apr 2012
All eyes are on the RBI as the 17th of April approaches. RBI is scheduled to release the annual monetary policy for 2012-13 next week and there is lot of expectations from the poliRead More
13 Apr 2012
