Rbi Analysis

Both V Srinivasan of Axis Bank and Ashish Parthasarthy of HDFC Bank agree that the withdrawal limit could extend beyond December 30 because the limit depends on the availability of currency.

RBI stands pat in interest of financial stability: Rupa Nitsure

The RBI stayed prudent in its monetary policy review today rather than move in a haste as it wishes to wait for more information and experience before judging the full effect and persistence of the demonetisation move.

Inflation down, but oil & rupee could be spoilers

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday retained its March-end retail inflation forecast of 5 percent, but high oil prices and rising interest rates could have push up domestic prices.

COMMENT: 3 positives on RBI policy that markets may be underestimating

RBI Governor Urjit Patel delivered a status quo on rates that wrong-footed many: A rate cut had been seen as a given, the quantum was the question. That said, there are three positives in a hawkish-looking statement that markets may be discounting.

Incremental CRR withdrawal a relief to banks: Experts

The RBI has kept in the mind the possible rise in crude prices when keeping the rates unchanged, says Sajjid Chinoy, Economics, JPMorgan. A sudden surge in crude prices could create inflationary pressure on the economy.

RBI to continue with easing; next cut in February: Analysts

Economists at foreign brokerage Bank of America Merill Lynch said however that it doesn't expect any rate cut in the upcoming review of the bi-monthly policy in December.

Monetary Policy: Realtors want banks to lower lending rates after RBI rate cut

RBI today reduced the repo rate by 0.25 percent -- the short term rate at which the central bank lends to banks -- to 6.25 percent.

Monetary Policy: Much awaited RBI rate cut a 'festive gift', says Auto industry

In a move that is expected to lead to lower rates for housing EMIs, car loans and corporate borrowing, the Reserve Bank reduced the short term lending rate (repo rate) by 0.25 percent to 6-year low of 6.25 percent in the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement.

Nifty near 8,850 looks challenging; may witness selling: Ashwani

The Nifty and Sensex both ended higher than yesterday's close at 8,769 and 28,334 respectively.

Monetary Policy: Start-ups can raise $3 mn via ECBs annually, says RBI

In January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled a slew of incentives for them including tax holiday, inspector raj-free regime, capital gains tax exemption and Rs 10,000 crore corpus to provide funds. Government has also relaxed procurement norms for them.

Expert views on RBI's monetary policy

"While the RBI has cut the repo rate by 25 basis points, the policy statement remains less dovish in its guidance. It still sees upside risk to inflation target that has to be achieved by March end. While today's rate cut would accentuate the bond rally, I don't see much impact on the bank lending rates."

A quick read of the RBI monetary policy document

Strong public investment in roads, railways and inland waterways, and the boost to spending from the 7th Pay Commission‘s award, should improve industrial outlook.

RBI Monetary Policy: Rate action to stay data-dependent, says Indranil Pan

Indranil Pan, Chief Economist at IDFC Bank told CNBC-TV18 the current rate cut was largely data dependent and it is likely future rate actions will also remain so.

RBI Monetary Policy: Rate cut in bag, market to now focus on macros, says expert

Vikas Khemani, President and CEO, Edelweiss Securities said market has got what it wanted - a 25 basis points rate cut, so now the focus will shift back to macros.

Unchanged rate expected in Urjit Patel‘s maiden policy

RBI governor Urjit Patel will present his maiden monetary policy review amid mixed signals from the broader economy.

Mkt may consolidate but underlying current still bullish: IIFL

The market had already run up substantially and so is likely to consolidate, making investors selective. However, the underlying current still remains bullish and money will continue to flow in, said Nirmal Jain of IIFL.

RBI policy in line, liquidity commitment a positive: Experts

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, leading bankers, economists and bond and stock market experts talked about the RBI monetary policy, their key takeaways and their outlook on inflation and interest rates ahead.

Pay panel recommendations may stoke inflation: Moody's

The RBI, in its bi-monthly monetary policy today, said it expects some upside risk to 5 percentt inflation target by March 2017 mainly on account of the 7th Pay Commission award.

RBI Monetary Policy: Takeaways from outgoing RBI Governor Rajan's last credit policy

While the direct statistical effect of house rent allowances under the 7th CPC's award may be looked through, its impact on inflation expectations will have to be carefully monitored so as to pre-empt a generalisation of inflation pressures.

RBI decision to keep rates unchanged was no surprise: Moody's

The Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI) decision to leave policy interest rates unchanged today was no surprise to market participants, in line with transparent and predictable monetary policy.

Expert Views: RBI expectedly keeps policy rate unchanged

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, who bows down next month, kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.50 percent at his final policy review on Tuesday after inflation hit a nearly two-year high.

Bond yields to hover around 7.4% till August: Bank of America

The money market doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get any liquidity and that the bond yields will hover around 7.4 percent, with a plus or minus 5-7 bps at least till August, says Jayesh Mehta, MD & Country Treasurer, Bank of America.

See uptick in inflation risks; another rate cut far: Economists

Decoding Raghuram Rajan‘s commentary, Deutsche Bank Chief Economist (Asia, Global Markets Research) Taimur Baig said room for another rate cut is zero as there is an upside in inflation outlook.

RBI policy broadly endorses govt estimates on growth, inflation

In its second bi-monthly policy review for the current fiscal, RBI maintained status quo on interest rate, while pegging economic growth at 7.6 percent and retail inflation target at 5 percent for January 2017.

Raghuram Rajan says looking for room to cut policy rate

The RBI left its policy rates unchanged, while cautiously signalling it could cut later this year if monsoon rains, and other factors, dampen upward pressure on food prices.