Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services, sheds light on the Reserve Bank of India’s MPC stance, the domestic stock markets, and the geopolitical situation in the world.
3 min read9 Feb 2025FM Sitharaman said both the government and the RBI will continue to work in a ‘well-coordinated fashion to prop up growth and contain inflation’.
2 min read8 Feb 2025RBI Monetary Policy: The central bank’s MPC, headed by new RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, slashed the repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25 per cent from 6.50 per cent and maintained the policy stance ‘neutral’.
6 min read7 Feb 2025Stock Market Today: The reduction repo rate improves the working capital availability for Auto companies. While larger Auto makers were still managing situation, small cap auto stocks and vendors of Auto OEMs were at a receiving end. Experts thereby recommend some of small cap auto companies now
1 min read7 Feb 2025Given the many unknown unknowns we now face, and the budget’s stimulus aimed at consumer spending, India might be served best if the monetary policy committee were to heed this Chinese saying and bide its time for now.
3 min read4 Feb 2025RBI MPC Minutes: Shaktikanta Das, and three other members of the rate-setting panel -- voted in favour of keeping the repo rate at 6.25 per cent, while the other two members favoured a reduction in the rate.
5 min read20 Dec 2024The deceleration in inflation has fueled calls for monetary policy easing amid concerns over domestic economic growth. Analysts anticipate that the RBI could initiate a shallow rate-cut cycle in its February 2025 policy meeting, provided inflation continues to decline.
3 min read13 Dec 2024November’s 5.5% print has raised hopes of an easing monetary-policy cycle starting in February. It’s not a given, of course, but the latest data does shift the odds in favour of it.
1 min read13 Dec 2024The Governor-designate of the Reserve Bank of India will need to tread a fine line on the question of monetary-fiscal policy coordination to arrive at an optimal balance that favours India’s economy
2 min read10 Dec 2024By not deviating from its inflation focus, India’s central bank showed that it’ll go by what the economy needs and not what the government may want. That’s how it should be.
4 min read8 Dec 2024The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared