RBI
Govt nominates 3 for Monetary Policy Committee
22 Sep 2016
Raghuram Rajan justifies his FCNR act as he bids adieu to RBI
06 Sep 2016
The FCNR(B) scheme drew in $26 billion, more than anticipated, but, for the RBI, its cost could be huge, when the rupee falls against the dollar – every 1 rupee rise in the dollar-rupee rate would costs us Rs40,000 crore more in import costs
RBI open to interest-free Islamic banking
06 Sep 2016
Urjit Patel suceeds Raghuram Rajan as RBI governor
06 Sep 2016
Governor Urjit Patel has several publications in Indian macroeconomics, monetary policy, public finance, Indian financial sector, international trade, and regulatory economics
Would have stayed longer, but agreement proved elusive: Rajan
02 Sep 2016
The former chief economist of the IMF said he wanted a second term at the central bank to complete his unfinished task "but just didn't reach an agreement" with the government on it
Banks using repo rate cuts to hedge loan losses, says RBI
30 Aug 2016
RBI said the low transmission of RBI rate cut reflects banks’ preference to protect profitability in the wake of deteriorating asset quality and higher provisioning
RBI opens bond market, allows banks to issue `masala bonds’
26 Aug 2016
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) will be allowed to trade in corporate bonds under the negotiated deals system, under an arrangement with market regulator Sebi, to ease the process of investment in debt securities
Urjit Patel appointed new RBI governor
20 Aug 2016
Urjit Patel as the first RBI governor to oversee interest rate decisions by a monetary policy committee (MPC), a six-member RBI-government joint panel, will, however, have less freedom in deciding monetary policy
RBI keeps policy rates unchanged
09 Aug 2016
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, whose three-year term ends on 4 September, said he expected a spike in inflation, on the back of a hike this year in the salaries of millions of government employees and sticky core inflation
Centre sets 4% inflation target for MPC ahead of RBI policy meet
06 Aug 2016
In a departure from existing practice of the Reserve Bank of India governor deciding monetary policy rates, the government has now entrusted the job to the government-designated Monetary Policy Committee
RBI issues final guidelines for ‘on tap’ licensing of private banks
01 Aug 2016
RBI said large industrial companies will only be allowed to invest up to 10 per cent in banks, and will not be eligible to set up banks
Always pressure on RBI for rate cuts, suggests Subbarao
15 Jul 2016
In a book that reveals the often stormy relations between him and the government, former RBI governor D Subbarao portrays himself as one not afraid to stand up to pressure on policy rate cuts and other issues
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