Interest Rates

Indian bond yields up 6 bps after RBI policy decision

The RBI raised inflation estimates for Q1 FY27 to 4% from 3.9%and Q2 was revised to 4.2%

Bond yield falls to 6.659% ahead of RBI policy decision

The benchmark 10-year bond yield fell for the third straight session, with traders looking forward to the first policy review of 2026

Rupee opens 23 paise higher against dollar at 90.23, RBI policy decision awaited

The central bank is unlikely to cut rates and is expected to stick to 'neutral' stance, a Moneycontrol poll found

OPINION | Economic Survey flags sticky CAD as cause of high interest rates but underrates the best solution

Take away services exports and the macroeconomic story would have been different. Yet, there’s puzzling reluctance to acknowledge what services are doing and will do

Why Japan’s yen intervention could rattle global markets

Japan's yen has pulled back from critical levels after intervention warnings, but analysts warn the relief may be temporary as underlying pressures persist.

Year-end 2025: Best fixed deposit interest rates in December

Jana Small Finance Bank and Suryoday Small Finance Bank are offering interest rates of up to 8% per annum on five-year deposits, according to Paisabazaar.com

After a weak 2025, refinancing needs to drive rebound in India Inc's offshore bond issues

Higher US treasury yields, combined with rupee depreciation, eroded the cost advantage of dollar borrowing for Indian corporates, prompting many to tap domestic markets instead

‘Everybody is waiting for RBI’: Piyush Goyal hints at room for rate cut as inflation hits series low

The commerce minister also urges the industry to bank on self-reliance at a time when 'trade is being weaponised'

MPC Poll | RBI likely to hold rates in October amid growth comfort, GST reforms impact eyed

The MPC,which meets from September 29 and October 1, has reduced the benchmark repo rate by 100 basis points since February

Interest rates are a sideshow in the battle over the Fed’s future

Trump and his economic advisers want to narrow the central bank’s mission dramatically

Why traders are the curious case of stubborn Indian interest rates

Trading profits depend on a few key factors, one of them happens to be the cost of funds. While RBI’s rate cuts should have lowered it, reality is proving to be different

Are falling interest rates turning debt mutual funds a smarter choice?

With lending rates going down, debt mutual funds are back in the spotlight. But choosing the right class depends on risk-return experience.

India’s retail inflation eases to eight-year low of 1.55% in July

Retail inflation has been below 4 percent for six months, averaging under 3 percent since April

Trump’s renewed tariff threats may have played a role in RBI’s status quo on rates

The Reserve Bank of India’s status quo on the benchmark policy rate indicated that it requires further clarity on the quantum of tariffs that Trump may finally levy on New Delhi, according to economists and experts.

India Inc’s cash pile growing twice as fast as its debt

India Inc’s strategy to build bigger cash reserves comes at a time when companies worldwide are grappling with economic uncertainties stemming from high interest rates, supply-chain realignments, tariff wars and geopolitical disruptions

HDFC Bank cuts interest rates on select FD, savings accounts post-RBI rate cut: Check the latest rates here

The bank now offers a maximum interest rate of 6.6% per annum on FDs with principal amount less than Rs 3 crore for general citizens

A jumbo cut and all accoutrements to meet growth aspirations

Cutting CRR at a time when financial system liquidity is already in a surplus indicates a clear bias to use policy levers to move interest rates in the economy structurally lower and boost credit demand as domestic consumption grows in tandem with aspirational growth trajectory for the economy

Frontloaded rate cut and CRR cut to push banks to lend

Constraints in deposit mobilization and high cost of retail deposits, and a fear of downward re-pricing of the fresh loans upon rate cuts in future weighed upon the lending decisions of the banks. With a 50-bps cut in the repo rate to 5.5%, a 100-bps cut in CRR to 3.0% and a change in stance to Neutral, the MPC has tried to address both the issues

Martin Wolf: Interest rates are normal, the world is not

Given all this fragility, recessionary or inflationary shocks — or even both together — are conceivable

States are beneficiaries of softening interest rates

With 50 bps of rate cuts underway, we now expect another 50 bps of monetary easing over the next two-three policy reviews. With this, the WAC of SGS could come down to 6.3-6.5% over the course of the year, maintaining a spread in a range of 30-50 bps over G-sec, over the course of the year