Reserve Bank of India finally cut its main interest rate. This rate-cut by RBI will push other banks to offer home loans at lower interest rates. However the rate-cut is believed to benefit only the new applicants for home loans. Finally the home buyers can submit their application for home loans. According to the new […]
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Indian economy may grow 6.7%
January 13, 2009 – 4:05 pm
According to Morgan Stanley, Indian economy may grow 6.7% in current fiscal. According to Chetan Ahya and Tanvee Gupta, economists at Morgan Stanley, “Higher capital flows have been the anchor of a self-fulfilling virtuous cycle of an appreciating exchange rate, lower interest rates, and strong domestic demand growth”. Further they said that however, capital inflows […]
Home buyers to return back
January 8, 2009 – 4:17 am
Home buyers could arrive back in the Indian real estate market in force after the Reserve Bank of India reduced rates and the cash-reserve ratio requirement. The bank slashed the repo rate by 100 basis points to 5.5% and the reverse repo rate to 4%. Officials also lowered the cash reserve ratio by 50 basis […]
RBI works to boost up market
January 3, 2009 – 5:30 am
Unveiling the package moments after the Reserve Bank of India slashed its key policy rates, the government said it was preparing to recapitalise state-run banks to the tune of twenty thousand crore rupees over the next couple of year to ensure the banking system does not suffer from capital adequacy constraints. Speaking on the actions, […]
Borrowers will have to wait for lower lending rates
October 22, 2008 – 5:16 am
According to HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, lending rates would ease only after deposit rates come down, which will take some time to happen. The statement comes at a time when most people hoped that banks would start lowering their lending rates, following the recent repo cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Welcoming the […]
