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Shanghaied By The 7-Day Repo

Chinese 7-day repo rates have hit 8.8% and this has spooked regulators, so much that they’ve asked the media to reduce their focus on the issue. China has ...
Charts & Analysis

Diesel Consumption Falls; Price Hikes Are Working

The Diesel Price hikes seem to be working. Consumption has fallen as prices have gone up this year, and the year-to-date consumption is now about 0.3% below ...
Economy

Inflation Indexed Securities: Buy if at Lower Tax Slabs

Yes, you can now buy Inflation Protected Securities. RBI has announced that these bonds will be available for purchase between Dec 23 and Dec 31, 2013.   ...
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Macronomics: Bank Credit and the Sudden Drop in Incremental Credit to Deposits

In another round of Macronomics, we’ll take a quick look at Bank Credit, Deposits and how our Banking System is doing currently. A Summary The Credit ...
General

NSEL Fallout: FT and Jignesh Shah Found Unfit and Improper

Financial Technologies and it’s founder Jignesh Shah, along with two key people (Joseph Massey and Shreekant Javalgekar) have been declared “not fit and ...
General

Fortnightly Summary: Taper, Inflation, Slowing Growth, Network 18

Look, We Have A US Taper! The US Fed decided on a $10 billion taper today . From buying $85 billion worth securities per month, they will buy only $75 billion ...
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Premium: The US Taper and The Rupee

This is an archive for Capital Mind Premium Subscribers. Read about the Indian Rupee, our macro position on it, and how the US Taper might affect us. A Summary ...
Opinion

Look, We Have A US Taper!

The US Fed decided on a $10 billion taper today. From buying $85 billion worth securities per month, they will buy only $75 billion worth, including $35 ...
General

RBI Says They’ll Wait Before They Hike Rates

The RBI, in it’s mid-term policy review, has not changed rates. The repo rate remains at 7.75%. This is the rate at which banks borrow overnight from the ...
General

Welcome to Even More Inflation: Govt Plans to Increase Buffer Stocks by 50%

You thought inflation was high? It might get higher. The government plans to buy a heck of a lot more cereals, wheat and rice, and store them and let them rot. ...