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Business & Finance

Moderate inflation in India provides room to support growth: MPC minutes

The Reserve Bank of India kept rates steady at record low levels this month and said it would maintain support for recovery from the coronavirus by ensuring ample liquidity.
The near-term outlook for inflation appears less risky than the near-term challenges for growth which warrant continuing policy support, at least until the elusive engine of investment fires and consumption, the mainstay of aggregate demand in India, stabilizes.

Updated 22 Feb, 2021 10:04pm

Business & Finance

Saunders, one of nine members of the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee, said in December that he saw scope for borrowing costs modestly below zero.
"If we wanted to lower the yield curve from current levels, then I suspect a lower Bank Rate might be more appropriate," he told the Resolution Foundation think tank.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 08:59pm

Business & Finance

Published 18 Feb, 2021 08:16pm

Business & Finance

Asia's third-largest economy was expected to contract 8.0% this fiscal year, its deepest slump in around four decades.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 11:38am

Business & Finance

MUMBAI: India's central bank kept rates steady at record low levels as expected on Friday and said it would maintain...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Markets

The Nifty PSU Bank index, which tracks state-run lenders jumped 6.5%, while the Nifty Banking index added nearly 3%.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 11:15am

Opinion

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has maintained status quo third time in a row, keeping the interest rates steady at 7%....

Published 24 Jan, 2021 03:32am

BR Research

The Monetary Policy Committee meeting is expected by the end of this week. There might no surprises. The status quo...

Published 19 Jan, 2021 07:25am

Markets

In a statement, the central bank said the publication of the Copom minutes will remain 8 a.m. on the Tuesday of the week following the policy decision and statement.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 01:00pm

Markets

At its last meeting in November, the bank held its benchmark lending rate for the fifth time in a row at 7.0%.

Published 03 Jan, 2021 02:25pm

Markets

The BoE's bond-buying programme is widely seen as its most likely weapon should it need to return to the stimulus pumps.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 10:55am