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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicRate cuts

Topic: Rate cuts

Message from RBI: Expect more rate cuts this year

RBI changing its monetary policy stance to accommodative indicates it will bear a greater burden of expansionary macro-economic policies.

RBI now needs to focus on providing liquidity & transmission of rate cut

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RBI cuts policy rates again, gives Modi govt a helping hand in battling falling growth

The RBI has cut key policy rates by 25 basis points in the central bank's third consecutive rate cut, which comes amid slow growth for the fourth consecutive quarter.

Rupee, bonds plunge as RBI disappoints with neutral stance

The Indian rupee tumbled the most in three months after RBI lowered the repurchase rate but refrained from shifting to a more easy stance on monetary policy.

Focus shifts to April rate cut as inflation quickens

Retail inflation rose to a four-month high of 2.57% in February, but stayed benign leading to calls for the RBI for lower interest rates.

Easing core inflation could push RBI to cut rates again

Core inflation has remained sticky at around 6% and is a key reason economists cautioned against more rate cuts after last week’s surprise easing.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.