On December 5, the central bank cut repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 percent after keeping rates unchanged for two times in a row
If Bajaj Finance crosses the Rs 5 lakh crore milestone in FY26 as guided, it would firmly place itself alongside India’s mid-tier private banks, reinforcing its status as one of the country’s largest non-bank financial institutions.
A meeting to take a final call on the inclusion is scheduled for January 14, 2026, after which Bloomberg is expected to formally communicate its decision.
According to Bloomberg data, the rupee still remains the worst performing currency in Asia after the Indonesian rupiah and the Philippine peso
Lower interest costs, tax tweaks and healthy balance sheets paint a bright picture. Yet underneath it all lies a question: is the economy signalling a demand problem?
This year’s rate cuts have each come with dissenting votes. Three policymakers are expected to do so again at the central bank’s last gathering of the year.
As per estimates by the experts, this auction will approximately inject Rs 45,000 crore liquidity to the banking system.
To accelerate growth momentum, the company needs to shift from product-centric to a customer-centric strategy, it has said
A 25 bps cut will help the economy, but don’t expect instant relief on your EMIs. Monetary policy works in slow motion.
With the revision effective Saturday, the bank’s home loan starts from 7.10 per cent interest rate and car loan from 7.45 per cent, which is among the lowest in the banking industry, BoM said in a statement.
The local currency hit the all time low in this week and crossed 90-mark against the US dollar on persistent equity outflows and uncertainty around the India-US trade deal.
Loans are set to get cheaper once again, which signals that banks are expected to play a pivotal role in lifting domestic growth, just like they did post pandemic. Is the market dynamics in favour of a quality credit growth; that’s the challenge ahead.
The central bank revised down the CPI inflation by 60 basis points (Bps) for FY26 to 2 percent from 2.6 percent projected earlier.
The RBI will launch a special redressal drive from January 1 to address unresolved grievances under its ombudsman framework
RBI cut repo rate by 25 bps and announced OMOs plus a USD/INR swap to inject durable liquidity ahead of December tax outflows, easing rate and liquidity stress.
The local currency was trading at 89.98 against the dollar after opening at 89.85
With inflation at historic lows, the RBI finally opens the tap. The 25 bps cut signals support for growth, but the central bank isn’t throwing caution to the winds.
RBI projected Q3 FY26 inflation at 0.6% as compared to 1.8% earlier, and Q4 at 2.9% as compared to 4.0% earlier.
The inflation forecast for Q3 was revised to 7% from 6.4% earlier, and that for Q4 has been revised to 6.5% from 6.2%.
The MPC kept the stance unchanged at 'Neutral'; RBI also decided to conduct open market operations of Rs 1 lakh crore in December
On November 21, a Moneycontrol poll of economists, treasury heads and fund managers said that the RBI’s MPC is likely to cut repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) in the upcoming monetary policy due to the comfort provided by the lowest ever Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in the last two months.
A Moneycontrol poll expects the MPC to cut repo rate by 25 bps, drawing comfort from the low CPI inflation print
India is aiming to sell 60.72% in the Mumbai-based lender, which amounts to about $7.1 billion at IDBI Bank’s current market price.
The meeting is taking place against the backdrop of falling inflation, rising GDP growth, the rupee crossing 90 against the dollar and ongoing geopolitical tensions.
Experts are of the view that the central bank will announce some measures on the liquidity front such as Open Market Operations (OMO) purchases to support banking system liquidity during time when the activity in the forex intervention has increased after rupee crossed 90-mark.
