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US Federal Reserve finally pauses interest rate
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Barring the latest pause, the US central bank has hiked the interest rate for the tenth consecutive time which was necessitated in the fight against soaring inflation.
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India most successful in curbing inflation among the top 10 economies: PHD
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The effectiveness of the monetary policy has proven strong as the country reduced the inflation by 310 bps from the peak of 7.8 per cent in April 2022 to 4.7 per cent in April 2023, according to a statement from the industry body.
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Sensex drops 142 points, tracking weak global cues
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
BSE Sensex was down 142 points to 61,212.97 and Nifty dropped 87 points to 18,061.20 at 10.45 on Wednesday.
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Chinese Premier Xi must avoid another policy-induced recession
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China's gross domestic product for the January-March period of 2023 grew 4.5 per cent year on year in real terms, exceeding market expectations. That is up from 2.9 per cent in the October-December period of 2022 when the economy sputtered because of zero-COVID. The economy is now back on a
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Indian stocks extend gains; focus now on inflation data, Q4 earnings
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The indices extended gains for the sixth session in a row, as the central bank made a surprise decision of keeping the repo rate unchanged to assess the effects of the policy rate tightening so far.
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Here's how experts reacted to RBI keeping repo rate unchanged after 250 bp
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Reserve Bank of India, in its first monetary policy review meeting in 2023-24, decided to keep the key benchmark interest rate - the repo rate - unchanged at 6.5 per cent, to assess the effects of the policy rate tightening done so far.
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India stands out as fastest-growing economy, but RBI should halt any more
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
ASSOCHAM President Ajay Singh said, "Though India remains the fastest-growing nation amongst the major economies, growth is uneven even as the global headwinds from volatile energy prices, geo-political developments and threat of recession in major economies need to be watched with an abunda
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Pak Finance Ministry warns inflation to increase further
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to Pakistan's newspaper, the second-round effect of the policy decision had led to decisions like a rise in energy and fuel prices, the central bank's policy rate, and the rupee's depreciation to secure International Monetary Fund's funding.
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Expect RBI to pause repo rate hike in February policy: SBI Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
SBI Research, in a report published moments before the RBI meeting started, said India's central bank is expected to pause the policy rate hike during the February 6-8 review meeting.
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Morgan Stanley sees 25 basis points rate hike in next US monetary policy m
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The US central bank's policy rate is now in a target range of 4.25-4.50 per cent, the highest level in 15 years, and notably, it was near zero in the early part of 2022.
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Interest rates nearing peaks but major central banks will delay monetary p
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The global financial market information and analytics services provider expects the policy rates to remain in place throughout 2023 in order to dampen overall inflation expectations.
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Stabilising inflation may require measures 'that are not popular', says US
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US central bank's policy rate is now in a target of 4.25-4.50 per cent, the highest level in 15 years, and notably, it was near zero in the early part of 2022.
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