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Topic: interest rate

Reluctant emerging Asia, including India, could delay real interest rate hikes until 2022

All 8 emerging Asian economies, including India & Indonesia, are expected to hold benchmark interest rates steady through 2021, according to forecasts by economists.

Order to withdraw interest rate slashing oversight or election-driven hindsight, asks Congress

Party general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala hit out at Nirmala Sitharaman and said she has no right to continue as the finance minister.

Modi govt withdraws cuts in small savings rates hours after order as Assam, Bengal vote

In a tweet Thursday morning, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the order issued by 'oversight,' stands withdrawn.

With inflation set to moderate, RBI could go back to easing interest rates again

Consumer price index figures due Tuesday are expected to show a 5% increase in December, returning to RBI's target range of 2% to 6%.

RBI’s MPC is now decidedly more dovish, the consensus on ‘lower for longer’ rates is proof

Markets expects further interest rate cuts as the monetary policy committee of RBI sees inflationary pressure to ease.

In ‘Diwali bonus’, govt waives interest-on-interest even for those who didn’t opt for moratorium

After its affidavit to SC, govt orders issues waiver norms including cashback by 5 November. All standard accounts up to 29 February eligible for benefits.

Remove sedition law—G Bhatia, Raja Mohan’s lessons from China, Vyas on 4 million new jobs

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

RBI cuts interest rate by 25 bps: Can transmission happen unless PSU banks are reformed?

RBI Monetary Policy Committee cut the interest rate by 25 basis points Thursday, and changed its policy stance from 'neutral' to 'accommodative'

India’s contrarian economist bets RBI will lower benchmark interest rate by 35 basis points

Economist Indranil Sen Gupta's prediction is based on RBI governor Shaktikanta Das’s comments that central banks could be more flexible in the size of rate adjustments.

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das’s idea of a 10 basis points rate cut would be meaningless

A 10 basis points cut would hardly have any impact on the Indian market. Instead, RBI needs to consider bigger cuts to impact interest rates.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.