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The story so far: In the recently concluded Federal Open Market Committee meeting held on 26 July 2023, it was decided to increase the targeted federal funds rate to 5.25- 5 5%, i.e., yet another increase of the cost of funds by 25 basis points. With this, the federal funds rate has reached levels higher…
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Benchmark equity indices declined on Thursday post the RBI monetary policy, dragged down by banking counters, after the unexpected announcement of reducing cash in the financial system. Investors also remained on the sidelines ahead of the U.S. inflation data announcement. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday left its key interest rates unchanged for…
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Gold price declined ₹250 to ₹59,800 per 10 grams in the national capital on August 10 amid weak cues in the overseas market. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Gold price declined ₹250 to ₹59,800 per 10 grams in the national capital on August 10 amid weak cues in the overseas market, according to HDFC Securities. The…
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Two-wheeler domestic wholesales were down at 12,82,054 units last month, as against 13,81,303 units in July 2022. | file photo | Photo Credit: PTI Domestic passenger vehicles wholesales registered a 2.94 per cent year-on-year increase in July at 3,02,521 units, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on Thursday. As per the latest data…
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In a move to make United Payments Interface (UPI) more user-friendly and to increase its popularity, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed incorporating Artificial Intelligence-powered conversational features on UPI, to enable digital payments through voice commands. The RBI has also announced plans to enhance the transaction limit for small-value digital payments in offline…
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The Reserve Bank said it will come out with a framework allowing borrowers to switch to fixed interest rate from floating interest rate, a move that would provide relief to borrowers of home, auto and other loans reeling under the impact of high interest rate. | Photo Credit: K. R. Deepak The Reserve Bank on…
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI). | Photo Credit: REUTERS The RBI on August 10 retained the GDP growth projection for current fiscal year at 6.5% and raised the inflation projection marginally to 5.4% due to spike in vegetable prices, including tomatoes. Unveiling the bi-monthly monetary policy, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said domestic economic…
The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 235.99 points to 65,759.82. The NSE Nifty declined 64.2 points to 19,568.35. | Photo Credit: AP Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on Thursday ahead of RBI’s monetary policy decision amid a weak trend in global markets. Investors also remained on the sidelines ahead of the U.S. inflation data…
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The Monetary Policy Committee has unanimously decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said in Mumbai on August 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India on August 10 decided unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%. Consequently,…
The Centre has countered the IT hardware industry’s request to defer the new import licensing norms by 9-12 months, asking the players to submit a plan to ramp up domestic production in phases. Domestic players that The Hindu Businessline spoke with said that the Centre expects hardware companies to value-add in the local manufacturing of computers and…