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Fixed Income
CBLO Sees 72% Rates on Cash Crunch, MSF Borrowing Goes To Rs. 1.4 Trillion
The borrowing in the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) went to a record Rs. 1.4 trillion (1.4 lakh crores) for the weekend, on the cash crunch due to the income ...
Commentary
More NSEL: Just 85 Lakh in Settlement Guarantee Fund
In FinTech’s annual report, note that NSEL’s settlement guarantee fund was close to non-existent in comparison with the 800 cr. , 60 cr. and even 5 cr. ...
Charts & Analysis
Wholesale Price Inflation at 6.1% for Aug 2013
Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation for August 2013 was at +6.1%, an increase over the previous month’s 5.79%, the highest since Feb 2013. This is ...
Fixed Income
Banks Can Come After Your Assets If The Builder Defaults
Let’s say you’ve taken a loan for a house on the 10th floor of a building, under construction. Let’s say you’ve gone for the 80:20 scheme, where ...
Commentary
The Next Fed Chair Will Not Be Larry Summers
It’s the end of the Fed-chair-road for Larry Summers, who withdrew his nomination for the post yesterday after Democrats opposed him on the grounds that ...
Fixed Income
The Three Distinct Phases of India’s Forex Reserves
India’s foreign exchange reserves have been through wild rides recently. But if you look at the reserves since 2001, here’s where we went. There are three ...
Commentary
Is Jignesh Shah Trying To Sell His Stake in FT? FMC Says Fit & Proper Status at Risk
A letter by the NSEL Investors Forum chief Arun Dalmia seems to state that Jignesh Shah is in “advanced discussions” to sell his stake in Financial ...
Commentary
#Linkfest: Potash De-Cartels, IIP Shadiness, Redbus-ted Exits
Pavan Srinath tells us about the breakup of the Russian-Belarusian Potash Cartel: Two big cartels control the global potash trade: the first being BPC, a joint ...
Economy
The Mystery of the Rubber Insulated Cable in the IIP
With the rise in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) yesterday to +2.6%, a rumour started to float around that all of this was caused by a spike in one ...
Charts & Analysis