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State Bank of India slashes minimum lending by 0.4% 2015-09-29 12:45:41
As soon as the Reserve Bank reduced in repo rate, State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has cut minimum lending or base rate by 0.4% to 9.3% with effect from 5 October 2015. This has set a...
Keywords: SBI, monetary policy, RBI, lending rate
Read More RBI waits and watches 2015-04-07 12:09:29
Reserve Bank of India kept interest rates on hold at 7.50%, choosing to wait longer to assess inflationary pressures before making its next move and to give banks more time to adjust lending rates to reflect previous rate cuts. The...
Keywords: Repo Rate, RBI, RBI, Indian economy
Read More NBFC gold loans: RBI for stricter norms 2012-03-24 05:45:41
RBI also made it clear henceforth that, NBFCs should not grant any advance against bullion or primary gold and gold coins. Also, RBI observed that NBFCs who are predominantly engaged in lending against the collateral of gold jewellery have recorded...
Keywords: Muthoot Finance, Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio, volatility in the gold prices, risk management measure
Read More RBI hints at another CRR cut 2012-02-22 07:32:10
The mid-quarter review of the monetary policy is scheduled for March 15 and it is widely expected that one more CRR cut can be on the anvil. Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn said the Reserve Bank will "consider" a further cut...
Keywords: cash reserve ratio, Reserve Bank, RBI hints, liquidity adjustment facility
Read More Deregulate diesel prices: RBI to Government 2012-01-25 06:50:34
While petrol prices are market-linked, the government decides the rates of LPG, kerosene and diesel, which usually results in a large budgetary expenditure on subsidies. The Reserve Bank today said the government should deregulate diesel prices in order to contain...
Keywords: trade deficit, LPG, trade deficit, Deregulate diesel prices
Read More Stock markets downward slope 2013-09-20 11:29:20
Stock markets today declined rapidly by 2.7 per cent soon subsequent to the Reserve Bank's advocating war policy announcement in which it moved up the repurchase agreement rate by 0.25 per cent. In fact, the stock market barometer BSE Sensex,...
Keywords: National Stock Exchange, Bombay stock exchange, Bombay stock exchange, US dollar
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