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Saturday, May 3, 2025
TopicInterest rates

Topic: interest rates

Debt stock of low- & middle-income nations is troubling. Their debt servicing costs are soaring, too

Economic activity has rebounded in LMICs post pandemic, but the debt accumulated in that period has continued to grow, driven by both short & long-term debt.

Shaktikanta Das has handled govt better than rockstar RBI chiefs. The real test is now

The next few weeks will show how successfully Governor Shaktikanta Das can navigate the latest butting of heads between the government and the RBI.

RBI governor says it’s ‘premature’ to cut rates. Economists divided on whether it’s hurting growth

ThePrint spoke to several prominent economists on whether RBI’s current interest rate policy is adversely impacting growth or if watching inflation should be the way forward.

US Fed keeps key interest rates intact for 7th time fearing inflation

The US Federal Reserve in its latest monetary policy meeting Wednesday left key interest rate unchanged at 5.25-5.50 per cent 'in order to keep the demand in line with supply and reduce inflationary pressure'.

How Japan’s return to positive interest rates after 17 years could impact world economies

Meanwhile, the European Central Bank & US Federal Reserve left rates unchanged but signalled that they'll start cutting rates this year.

Why permanently cutting interest rates to zero can purge capitalism of its evils

A viable compromise could be struck: Rewarding entrepreneurship without compounding inequality or incentivising the unsustainable use of resources.

SubscriberWrites: There are lessons to be learned from failure of banks. Here are a few

It is crucial for banks and other financial institutions to conduct regular stress tests against known market risks, including inflation and interest rate risks, writes Atul.

World Bank lowers FY24 GDP growth forecast to 6.3% from 6.6%

Spillover from recent turmoil in financial markets in US, Europe pose risk to short-term investment flows to emerging markets, including India, said World Bank economist.

Govt hikes interest on post office savings schemes by up to 1.1 bps, retains PPF rate

This is the second quarter of an increase in a row in interest rates for some schemes. This follows a status quo or unchanged rates for nine straight quarters.

SBI to raise interest rates on retail term deposits upto 80 points

SBI had raised interest rates on saving bank deposits above 100 million rupees by 30 basis points earlier this week.

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Gen-Z is split down the middle. One side grew up on TikTok, the other yearns for Tumblr

Younger Gen-Zs envy their elder siblings. Not for the fashion, but for the ability to be unapologetically cringe. Back then, cringe wasn’t a crime, it was a rite of passage.

‘They said I don’t belong’—Kashmiri shawl vendors leave Mussoorie after 2 assaulted by local residents

16 vendors left Mussoorie following a hate crime in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. Police asked all of them to go back to Kashmir for 'their safety'.

CRPF constable dismissed for ‘concealing’ marriage to Pakistani as case comes to light after Pahalgam

The CRPF said the actions of Constable Munir Ahmed were found to be 'detrimental to national security'. He married Pakistani national Menal Khan without departmental approval to do so.

Caste census is a bad idea whose time has come. Much worse lies ahead

One of the reasons we call the caste census a bad idea is that so far, nobody has figured what to do with the data, except Rahul Gandhi.