BPS HEALTH RISKS
Slow outflows, sure, but inflows? That’s RBI’s real challenge
RBI is currently dealing with substantial capital outflows and currency devaluation pressures in the economy. Recent market operations indicate underlying issues despite maintaining a 7.8 percent growth rate. The ineffective measures may not resolve the fundamental demand stemming from trade concerns. Foreign direct investment needs to focus on long-term capital and technology rather than short-term financial inflows.
Bond Market Today: Treasury yields witness volatile Monday, check latest data
Global bond yields show mixed trading on Monday. US Treasury yields flipped up and down in the bond market following their own sharp moves earlier last week.
RBI may hike interest rate further in December policy: Experts
The Reserve Bank of India has shifted its policy stance to calibrated tightening amid rising inflation concerns. A rate hike of up to 50 basis points is anticipated in December, increasing the current benchmark rate. Various economists emphasize the likelihood of cumulative rate increases over the next months. Rising commodity prices and global market volatility are influencing these monetary policy decisions.
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Thursday
Indian equities declined for a third straight session, with Sensex losing 49 points and Nifty falling 96 points as rising bond yields weighed on sentiment. Broader markets gained, while analysts highlighted crude prices, inflation and monetary policy uncertainty.
The receipt in your hand looks harmless, but its heat-sensitive coating can contain chemicals that transfer to skin, raising fresh questions about repeated everyday exposure
Many receipts are printed on heat-sensitive thermal paper, which contains chemicals like BPA and BPS. This poses a risk as exposure can occur through skin contact, particularly for cashiers handling these receipts regularly. Additionally, recycling these thermal receipts spreads these chemicals further, leading to greater contamination in paper products.
US Fed likely to hold rates through 2026 as inflation risks overshadow labour market weakness: Report
The US Federal Reserve is likely to drop its easing bias at the next FOMC meeting and shift toward a tightening stance through 2026, with a 20% chance of a 25 bps hike in December if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed and energy prices spiked further, Elara Securities said in a research report.
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Euro zone government bond yields edge higher as trade, US bank worries ease
Euro zone benchmark Bund yields rose on Monday as jitters over U.S.-China trade tensions and the health of U.S. regional banks receded, slowing the recent flight into safe-haven assets, while Friday's surprise credit downgrade for France barely moved the dial.
Japan's super-long bonds fall as PM Ishiba's aide intends to resign
Japanese super-long dated bonds experienced a downturn, pushing yields to unprecedented highs amid renewed concerns about the nation's financial stability. This market reaction followed news of a close aide to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba intending to resign. The 30-year JGB yield surged by 8 basis points to 3.28%, while the 20-year JGB yield climbed 7 bps to 2.
Holding bill receipts for more than 10 seconds may decrease your sperm count: Research
Many retailers face legal action for BPS presence in receipts. This chemical, found in shopping slips, poses health risks. It mimics estrogen and links to decreased sperm count and cancer. Touching receipts briefly exceeds safe exposure limits. Experts advise digital receipts and gloves for handlers. The Center for Environmental Health urges regulatory action. Consumers should push for safer alternatives.
RBI MPC at a glance: Your one-stop guide for all key decisions
The RBI's MPC, led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, cut the repo rate by 50 bps to 5.50% to support growth, projecting a 6.5% GDP increase for 2025-26. With inflation at a near six-year low of 3.2% in April 2025, the MPC forecasts CPI inflation at 3.7% for the fiscal year.
RBI MPC Meeting Key Takeaways: Rate cut, maintaining stance and other key things to know from Malhotra's debut
RBI Monetary Policy Meeting Key Takeaways: Sanjay Malhotra, the new RBI Governor, chaired his first MPC meeting. Analysts predict a 25 basis points cut in the repo rate, the first in almost five years. The RBI last reduced the rate in May 2020 and paused hikes in May 2023. The expected reduction aims to ease monetary conditions amid current growth and inflation data.
2025 outlook: Is it time for cautious optimism or rekindling animal spirits?
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook (October 22, 2024 ) reported stable still, underwhelming global growth, with the balance of risks on downside due to geopolitics, potential for disruptive policies, financial market vulnerabilities, and widening chasm between economies.
US stocks gain after Friday sell-off, Mideast tensions temper
Tesla, Meta Platforms, Alphabet and Microsoft will be in focus this week as the companies gear up to deliver their quarterly numbers. Their performance could further test the rally in U.S. stocks.
Credit bureau flags risk of retail loan boom
Some segments of retail credit require close monitoring to ensure sustained and long-term growth, said Rajesh Kumar MD and CEO of market major TransUnion CIBIL
Fears of financial contagion could keep gold near record highs
Banking sector fears continue to haunt risky assets. In the latest moves, Deutsche Bank AG shares slumped on Friday and the German lender’s credit-default swaps surged amid wider concerns about the stability of the banking sector.
Rupee erases weekly gains as banking worries come to fore
It seems traders are not comfortable with their risk exposures into the weekend as the moves in global markets have shown we may not be out of the woods on these banking issues, said a trader at a Mumbai-based bank.
Expect domestic equities to follow global equities downwards next week: Ajay Bagga
Overall, about $164 billion was taken from the Fed discount window and the emergency window; if you compare it to 2008 the maximum was at about $111 billion so we have already crossed that. And apart from that the FDIC has pumped in about $150 billion into the bridge banks, into the three banks that it has taken over.
Probability of another 25 bps hike in April policy has gone up: Tanvee Gupta Jain
I agree with what the CSO is saying that they are still maintaining a 7% GDP growth for the full year that is FY23. The consequent March quarter data should be somewhere around 5.1.
‘They should do 100’: Wall Street debates the Fed’s next rate move
The odds for a 100 basis point rate hike jumped more than 20% after the consumer price index showed an increase from July. With hopes of a “Fed pivot” firmly dashed, the S&P 500 Index tumbled as much as 3.2%.
Brace for rates going up soon and by more than you thought, say foreign analysts
The million-dollar question now is when will Mint Street actually hike the benchmark policy repo rate? If two sets of economists from prominent foreign institutions are to be believed, it’s as early as June.
Lockdowns to shave $1.25 billion a week off economy; 140 bps from Q1 GDP: Report
The country leads the whole world in fresh virus caseload now, higher than the second and third most hit nations of the US and Brazil with a daily infection of over 1.62 lakh cases on Tuesday and 879 deaths.
India’s ‘BEER’, not alcohol, may lift coronavirus fear among stock investors
BEER ratio has fallen below 1, suggesting that the stock market has become undervalued.
Tactical investors can invest in medium duration debt funds
Debt markets have seen lot of volatility, and some cases of defaults and steep downgrades in the last nine to 12 months.
What mutual fund managers say about RBI policy
he RBI cut repo rate by 25 basis points (100 basis points = 1%) to 6.25 per cent, for the first time after August 2017.
Buy ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, target Rs 1,050: JM Financial
Buy ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. at a price target of Rs 1,050.
Credit rating may deepen state development loan market: Ind-Ra
Credit rating may deepen the state development loan space, an institutional driven segment with an illiquid secondary market, a report by India Ratings and Research said.
Barclays forecast 7.8% growth on increased government spending in Q2
India's GDP growth rate slipped to 7 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2015-16, from 7.5 per cent in the preceding quarter.
RBI likely to slash policy rates by 75-100 bps in 2013: Analysts
After surprising the market by a 25 bps cut, analysts feel, the RBI may go for further easing with 75-100 bps rate cuts for the year 2013.
RBI could cut rates by 25 basis points, says ING Vysya Bank
Deepening crisis in Europe and sluggish domestic growth, could force Reserve Bank of India to cut key rates by 25 basis points, predicts ING Vysya Bank.
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