Long Term Rates

CPs are unsecured, short-term debt instruments issued by corporates to finance short-term liabilities. CDs are issued by banks to meet their short-term funding requirements

India’s steep yield curve is a concern for private capex, says Prof Jayanth Varma

There is a need to front-load rate hikes as higher long-term yields can affect private capex spend feels the MPC member

RBI steps good sign for eco, but repo rate may rise: HDFC

Keki Mistry of HDFC feels that the RBI's steps on Monday will bring down the short term rates by 50 bps. However, with the possibility of higher inflation going forward, repo rates may be hiked, he says.

Growth to pickup in H2FY14; need lower rates: Montek Singh

Lower long-term rates are a key to growth, but the RBI can't cut long-term rates by tinkering with short-term rates, says Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.

No risk to long term, base rates; CD, CP rates to rise: SBI

Commercial paper and the certificates of deposit market pricing, which were earlier in the range of 8-9 percent, would certainly move beyond the cut-off in the RBI auction of short-term paper