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Comments in the minutes of the March 15 meeting: In Treasury market: Market participants reported an acute decline in market liquidity A number of primary dealers found it esp..

To fight the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, RBI recently announced a 3-month moratorium on all term loans outstanding as of 1st March, 2020, to relax the financial burden on individuals and c..

Low prices lead to surge in consumption Natural gas consumption in Feb’20 increased 10% YoY to 160mmscmd as offtake climbed across sectors (except power) – fertiliser (47mm..

Headlines from the emergency FOMC meeting  Fed cuts interest rates to near zero in response to coronavirus crisis, risks to economic outlook says expects target interest ..

The Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 basis points to 1.0-1.25% after an emergency meeting of the FOMC.   The full  statement read: The fundamentals of the..

U.S. equities suffered a significant selloff last week with the benchmark indices - S&P 500 & Dow Jones Industria..

India’s GDP and GVA growth moderated to 4.7% and 4.5% in Q3FY20 from a revised growth of 5.1% and 4.9% in Q2.  As per GOI estimates, GDP growth is likely to bottom out in FY2..

The global markets have crashed further overnight with S&P correcting over 10% from the top. Indian and other Asian markets have followed with 300+ point gap down. In the present c..

The Indian government has imposed an anti-dumping duty (ADD) on CPVC resin/compound imports from China and Korea for a period of five years (valid up to February 2025). The quantum of d..

Global slowdown continues... MPC members noted that slowdown persists. RBI Governor pointed out that economic activity has slowed since Dec’19. Some green shoots are visible in t..