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How does government raise money? Bond auctions play a huge role here. When governments want to raise money, they do through a bond auction by issuing bills (typically short-term) and b..

The RBI on Friday issued a revised circular for lenders to deal with stressed loans, over two months after the previous framework was quashed by the Supreme Court.The new rules are appl..

India’s Retail or consumer price index (CPI) inflation surged to 16-month high of 4.62% in Oct vs. 3.99% in Sept’19, breaching MPC’s target of 4%. This is on the back ..

India’s Retail or Consumer price index (CPI) inflation surged to 68-month high of 7.59% in Jan’20 vs. 7.35% in Dec’19. The rise in CPI is entirely led by expensive foo..

In general economic terms, we always state a simple equation which is derived from Harrod-Domar model.  Savings = Investment Level of savings equals the level of investment. In..

The December policy minutes released last Friday reflects the RBI MPC’s cautious approach of letting the growth-inflation dynamics evolve with an eye on the Union Budget. Most mem..

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..

RBI recently announced the simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under Open Market Operations (OMO)—a tool closely resembling the ‘Operation Twist’ u..

RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee published the minutes of its meeting held over Mar 24-27 that was advanced in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic. RBI reduced repo rate by 75 bps to..

Even as the action on monetary policy was on expected lines, the RBI announced a host of measures on the regulatory front to support credit flow, sentiment, and overall growth environme..