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Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... 8.6% in April from 8.31% in March and 8.03% the month before. Stubbornly high inflation has kept the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the sidelines. In its June policy meeting, the RBI did nothing - it kept its key repo rate unchanged at a high 8.0%, the ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... back in 2010/11 to just 4.7% as at the December quarter of last year - and that's even before the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) latest round of interest rate hikes flow through into the economy. C appears to be the only BRIC standing. While its economy ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... to joining forces with the SPD. All's well. Not in the Indian channel from the looks of it. Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Duvvuri Subbarao must be thanking his lucky stars that his term in office ended when it did - right in the midst of ...

More taper talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... set its own monetary policy to bring down the drachma to help restore growth in its economy. Not the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). No not the RBI, Virginia. The RBI announced liquidity tightening measures last week after the Indian currency hit an all-time ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... in spite of the continued deterioration in growth fundamentals. That is, with the exception of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI lowered its benchmark rate from 7.75% to 7.5% two days ago but at the same time, it cautioned that, "Even as the policy ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... rotation. Reflation. Yes. The central banks are still onto it... and are being joined by others. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered interest rates and its reserve requirement only last week. Speculation is that the Bank of Korea would follow suit ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... should help increase fund inflows into the country, easing pressure on the current account and give the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) room to lower interest rates. It didn't take long. Though hard to justify given India's still high inflation rate, the ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... huge fiscal deficit. That may be so but Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's administration and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are now doing something about these challenges. The RBI has kept interest rates unchanged at 8.0% since April to bring inflation ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... August 2008. Indian companies, in particular, are expected to conduct more near term convertible bond buybacks given that the RBI has only allowed them to repurchase the notes until the end of this year.
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