Bond market

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference, in New Delhi on Friday (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Centre set to deepen bond market with special focus on infrastructure, housing

2 min read . 24 Aug 2019

India’s additional clean energy investment requirement is of around $80 billion till 2022, growing more than three-fold to $250 billion during 2023-30 (Bloomberg file)

REC raises $650 million in international bond market

1 min read . 19 Jul 2019

The government is willing to take a slice of its supply offshore through a sovereign dollar bond issue.

The forces behind the bond market’s upswing

1 min read . 16 Jul 2019

Opinion | Bond markets cheer, but it’s not an easy ride

Opinion | Bond markets cheer, but it’s not an easy ride

3 min read . 07 Jul 2019

The RBI had introduced repos in corporate bonds in 2010, but the response had been lukewarm (iStock)

Budget 2019 gives a fillip to corporate bond market

1 min read . 05 Jul 2019

Gone are the days when AAA-rated meant a walk towards the cabin of the investor and walking away with money. (Photo: Mint)

Amid defaults, corporate bond markets brace for ₹5 trillion refinancing

2 min read . 04 Jul 2019

The bond market has a godfather in RBI, for now

2 min read . 21 May 2019

On Wednesday, SBI shares rose 1.65% to ₹310.70 apiece on the BSE while the benchmark Sensex gained 1.27% to end the day at 39,054.68 points. (Mint)

SBI gets board approval to raise up to $2.5 billion in bonds

1 min read . 25 Apr 2019

RBI has announced it would purchase government bonds worth ₹25,000 crore in two open market operations (OMOs) to infuse durable liquidity into India's banking system. (Mint)

Bond market cheers RBI OMO purchase plan, bond yields drop 5 bps

1 min read . 24 Apr 2019

The 10-year government bond yield ended at 7.475%

Bond yields rise to over 3-month high on oil price jitters

1 min read . 22 Apr 2019

Bond rally in India soon faces another headwind: Monsoon Season

Bond rally in India soon faces another headwind: Monsoon Season

2 min read . 16 Apr 2019

FIIs are expecting higher bond supplies due to the record government borrowing programme announced for 2019-20. (Vipul Sharma/Mint)

FIIs sell $1 billion in debt over 5 sessions on fears of higher bond supplies

2 min read . 06 Apr 2019

Banks are big borrowers from RBI term repos, although they have been lenders in the overnight operations. (Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint)

Why the bond market is not buying RBI’s friendly monetary policy

2 min read . 05 Apr 2019

Rupee, bond markets closed today due to annual bank closing

1 min read . 01 Apr 2019

Masala bond market revives as rupee gains and tax cut lures buyers

Masala bond market revives as rupee gains and tax cut lures buyers

1 min read . 26 Mar 2019

One by one, global bond markets are flashing the same warning

One by one, global bond markets are flashing the same warning

2 min read . 25 Mar 2019

Opening of the RBI forex swap window is seen boosting foreign investment into Indian bonds.

FPI investments in bonds cross $2 billion in March

2 min read . 26 Mar 2019

The strategy is offering lenders extra returns of about 100 basis points. Photo: Mint

Biggest India bond holders ditch government paper for state debt

1 min read . 22 Mar 2019

Shashikant Rathi, executive vice president and head of treasury and markets at Axis Bank.

King of Indian bond sales warns of the biggest crisis since Lehman

3 min read . 15 Mar 2019

Recent events—from the liquidity crisis in the last few weeks of 2018 to the more recent stickiness of bond yields despite expectations of monetary policy easing—suggest RBI needs to signal its durable liquidity intentions more effectively. (Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint)

Cafe Economics

Opinion | The confusing message from the India bond market

4 min read . 13 Mar 2019