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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicCentral banks

Topic: Central banks

US Fed’s rate cut is likely good news for India. It may also help temper RBI’s stance

US & Indian policy rates have seen similar trajectory. With Fed’s rate cuts, difference between interest rates in India & US may widen, leading to foreign capital inflow & stronger Rupee.

Rising interest but only medium-term targets — why central banks are going slow on digital currencies

A Bank for International Settlements survey shows that, compared to last yr, world economies seems more likely to issue Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in medium term than short term.

Central banks on buying spree, strong retail demand — what’s fuelling the big gold price rally

Gold’s ability to hold value in times of political and economic uncertainty makes it a favoured asset in central bank reserves. It is considered a long-term hedge against inflation.

The world’s central banks are treading cautiously into 2024. Here’s why

Some of the world’s major central banks–such as US Federal Reserve & European Central Bank–are likely to avoid drama in their last set of meetings for 2023.

Time ripe for ‘de-dollarisation’? Not yet, say central bank officials in new international survey

Several countries are calling for trade to be carried out in currencies besides the US dollar. But a survey of central bank currency managers shows the shift will be a slow affair. 

‘Banks are money creators, they aren’t just passing the parcel,’ says former CEA Subramanian

At ThePrint ‘Off The Cuff’, IMF Executive Director KV Subramanian tells Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta & Deputy Editor TCA Sharad Raghavan the missing link between credit control & policy rates.

World’s central banks got inflation calls wrong, economies pay as pandemic recovery fumbles

The Federal Reserve is anticipated to raise interest rates by 75 basis points Wednesday, just weeks after Chair Jerome Powell & his staff projected a half-percentage-point increase.

Rate hikes lead to speculation that Asian central banks may not stop soon

Central banks raising rates in Asia have prompted bets on continuing hikes in swap markets.

No more US dollars? Ukraine war could change the global monetary system of 75 years

The Ukraine war has exposed the imbalance in the global financial system run primarily by the West. When the West decides the course of a currency, others must take it as given.

Emerging Asian countries, including India, running out of room to keep monetary policy on pause

The Reserve Bank of India’s move last week to keep the rates unchanged surprised markets, which had expected the bank to raise them to begin policy normalization after Covid.

On Camera

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.