The name is Bond. Treasury bond! The bond is back. And right now, Bond is having a rather consequential moment. The yield of 10-year US Treasuries, or US government bonds, has climbed to 5.18%, its highest since 2007, while the 30-year yield has touched 5.47%, a level not seen in 22 years. For most people … Read more
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday cut the key benchmark rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to the 3.75-4.00 per cent range. According to the FOMC statement, “uncertainty about the economic outlook remains elevated.”“Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. … Read more
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday (September 17, 2025) and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labour market. The move is the Fed’s first cut since December and lowered its short-term rate … Read more
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its 56th meeting voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5% and retained its neutral stance even as it maintained growth forecast for FY26 at 6.5% and lowered inflation projection to 3.1% from its earlier estimate of 3.7%. RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said the decision … Read more
The decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to slash the policy rate will boost growth amidst easing price pressures and infuse liquidity along with supporting credit flow, said a report by Bank of Baroda. The BoB report added that the RBI’s surprise 50 basis-point rate cut, along with a phased 100 basis-point reduction … Read more
Banks led by public sector lenders have started revising their lending rates following the RBI’s 50 basis point repo rate cut. However, for a change, old borrowers may benefit more than new ones, as banks are likely to tweak the spreads on home loans, which were already competitive in the quest for market share.Bank of … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell assured US President Donald Trump in a meeting held at the White House on Thursday (May 29) that the Fed would “set monetary policy, as required by law, to support maximum employment and stable prices and will make those decisions based solely on careful, objective, and non-political analysis.” Trump presses … Read more
RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra in his maiden monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting had said that it was an ‘appropriate time’ to cut rates, given the macroeconomic outlook and expected inflation alignment with the target. Malhotra had argued that monetary easing, along with agricultural growth and budgetary measures, would stimulate household consumption, housing investment and capital … Read more
India’s new central bank governor cut interest rates for the first time in almost five years to help spur a slowing economy, providing a measured tone that disappointed some investors seeking more proactive steps.All six members of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee, chaired by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, voted unanimously to lower the … Read more