Bond market auctions
Posted on 08 May 2020How 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..
Read More FAQs on RBI's New circular on the framework for stressed assets
Posted on 11 Jun 2019The 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..
Read More Highlights of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das' address after MPC meeting
Posted on 06 Aug 2020
Key Takeaways
MPC voted to leave repo rate unchanged at 4.00%
Reverse repo rate also left unchanged at 3.35%
MPC voted unanimously in favour of resolution
MPC voted to con..
Read More India CPI Data Oct- 2019
Posted on 18 Nov 2019India’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 ..
Read More India CPI Jan’20 Analysis- Inflation hardens further but food provides comfort
Posted on 13 Feb 2020India’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..
Read More Indian Households - Old Saviours or New Disruptors
Posted on 16 Sep 2019
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..
Read More MPC Oct'20 Meeting Minutes review – Growth reviving gradually
Posted on 26 Oct 2020
The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) published the minutes of its meeting on the fourteenth day after the MPC was held from October 7 to 9, 2020. The meetin..
Read More Notes on RBI's new restructuring program
Posted on 10 Aug 2020
The restructuring program provides a window to enable the lenders to implement a resolution plan in respect of eligible corporate exposures without change in ownership, and pers..
Read More RBI Dec'19 MPC meeting minutes review - Wait and watch mode activated before Union Budget..
Posted on 24 Dec 2019The 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..
Read More RBI Dec'20 Meeting Preview – To Cut or Hold rates?
Posted on 04 Dec 2020
The members of the Reserve Bank of India's fourth bi-monthly monetary policy Committee began their three-day meeting on 2 December and will be announcing its outcome today.
We ..
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