Not too many in the market expected Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan to hike the policy rate in the third quarter review…
RBI likely to keep policy rates unchanged
Three out of five bond dealers I spoke to over the weekend on the likely outcome of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 28 January…
Who will set the inflation target?
The key takeaway from the 130-page report of the Urjit Patel committee on changes in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy framework, put…
Does RBI need a commercial banker as deputy governor?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Anand Sinha retired last week. So, the Indian central bank had to distribute Sinha’s portfolio among three…
Who will be the next deputy governor of RBI?
G. Gopalakrishna, the most senior among Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) nine executive directors, seems to have lost in the race to become a deputy…
Let a hundred banks bloom
By January 2016, anywhere in India, one would need to walk just 15 minutes to access a kiosk to deposit or withdraw cash of any…
New Year resolutions never made
Following are the New Year resolutions never made by commercial bankers, regulators and other finance professionals in 2014: Usha Ananthasubramanian, chairman and managing director, Bharatiya…
We will see additions to NPAs and restructured assets: Chanda Kochhar
Mumbai: C handa Kochhar, managing director and chief executive of India’s largest private lender, ICICI Bank Ltd, says it might take a year to kick-start…