Rate Cuts

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India’s slumping growth opens the door for more rate cuts

We are expecting the RBI to execute another rate cut of 25 basis points at its next meeting, say expertsThe RBI already has cut interest rates by 135 basis points in five moves this year. Last week’s weak data gives them added reason to continue pushing for growth

2 min read1 Dec 2019
Opinion

Opinion | The misplaced faith in an easy money policy

A rush of easy money won’t aid the real economy much, especially so in India. Instead of rate cuts, what investors should ask for are reforms that give market forces a bigger role

2 min read5 Aug 2019
Opinion

Inflation concerns

The sharp acceleration in inflation shows RBI’s critics were wrong

1 min read19 Nov 2017
Opinion

Nikkei at centre of global stock bubble

Japanese stocks aren't necessarily heading for a crash, but the froth coursing through Tokyo bears watching

4 min read3 Nov 2017
Opinion

The evolving monetary policy committee culture

The challenges before the monetary policy committee are in communications, empirical research and voting patterns

4 min read19 Jul 2017
Opinion

Managing the RBI-finance ministry rift

Disagreement is not in itself a bad thing, but the threat of a breakdown in communication certainly is

3 min read9 Jun 2017
Opinion

The evolution of Urjit Patel as RBI governor

Urjit Patel's stand on an MPC meeting with the finance ministry shows he has started asserting himself as an RBI governor

3 min read8 Jun 2017
Industry

3 reasons why RBI may soften its hawkish commentary today

A softer or rather a less hawkish tone in RBI's monetary policy is definitely a given

1 min read7 Jun 2017
Market

RBI needs to get its inflation forecasts right

Headline retail inflation in March undershot RBI's forecast of 5% by a massive 111 percentage points to come in at 3.89%

2 min read6 Jun 2017
Market

Australia has become a lonely rate-cut candidate

Swaps traders see Australia as one of just two developed economies where rate cuts are possible in next one year after data in May pointed to anaemic growth in first quarter

1 min read6 Jun 2017