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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicRate cuts

Topic: Rate cuts

RBI says banks have satisfactorily passed down rate cut to borrowers

Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das said the monetary transmission is expected to improve with the linking of loan pricing to external benchmark system, which banks have adopted now.

Retail inflation at 16-month high, will limit RBI from stopping growth slide via rate cuts

In October, retail inflation registered at 4.62%, far higher than the 4% target that RBI’s monetary policy committee is bound to by law.

Global economy’s in a better place after US Fed rate cuts, trade deal hope: Raghuram Rajan

The US Fed last month cut interest rates for a third time this year, citing a combination of trade-policy uncertainty, slowing global growth & below-target inflation.

RBI set to cut rates tomorrow amid worries over crises at PMC, Lakshmi Vilas Bank

RBI is set to lower its benchmark rate for fifth time this year Friday, days after it reassured the public that banking system is safe and stable.

Case for India’s overseas bond sale builds up with latest tax cut

Now would be a good time for the govt to revisit the sovereign bonds sale as the corporate tax cut sent the benchmark bond yield surging the most since February 2017.

India’s growth forecasts being lowered, more interest rate cuts predicted

Goldman Sachs & Citigroup lowered growth projections to 6% for FY20, while Oxford Economics said there’s a risk the expansion could be weaker than that.

RBI’s unusual rate cut adds uncertainty to economists dealing with India’s dodgy data

Departure from conventional moves – multiples of 25 bps – leaves door open for more surprises as RBI has history of catching investors on wrong foot.

Have RBI rate cuts lost their ability to boost economic growth?

With the economy facing a slowdown, the Reserve Bank of India Wednesday cut the repo rate by 35 basis points in its fourth consecutive policy rate cut this year.

More interest rate cuts will depend on economic data, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das says

Das says he sees signs of recovery in growth & that RBI’s switch to accommodative stance in June in itself amounts to a 25 basis-point cut.

RBI stops short of specific steps to resolve crisis in NBFCs

RBI only said the central bank is closely monitoring NBFC sector & is ready to take ‘whatever steps are required’ to ensure financial stability.

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India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.