Global cues like the toning down of the trade war rhetoric and the liberal QE promised by the ECB should help market sentiments get better from here on. Markets could also witness short covering at current levels. The sharp fall in oil prices closer Read more [...]

Easy money may be back in fashion all over again. The European Central Bank (ECB) deepened rate cuts and re-introduced Quantitative Easing (QE) measures. In a bid to boost growth, the ECB promised stimulus buying of bonds as long as the slowdown lasted. Read more [...]

Over the weekend, the government signalled more reform measures to spur economic growth. The Friday expectations of big bang announcements were belied as the Finance Minister restricted herself to just hinting that there would be bigger reforms in the Read more [...]

Will the shift to external benchmarking benefit borrowers? During the week, the RBI announced that all banks will shift to pricing their loans based on an external benchmark like the RBI repo rates or the RBI MSF rate so that any rate cuts can be seamlessly Read more [...]