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Karnataka Bank Offers NRE Deposits at 9.75%
After the recent deregulation of NRE rates – deposit rates for Non Resident Accounts – Karnataka Bank offers 9.75% for the “repatriable” (can take it ...
Charts & Analysis
Chart Of The Day: Long Term Market Cap To GDP
Market Capitalization to GDP isn’t really a comparable figure, since one is a measure of wealth and the other dynamic measure of transactions in a year. Yet, ...
Economy
WTF, Food Security Bill?
The recently introduced (not yet passed) food security bill has demonstrated that the government has officially lost the plot. The bill proposes a cost of less ...
Charts & Analysis
A 5 year home loan at 5.99%
Builders are having it tough, but a certain one, BPTP in the NCR region is offering a tie up with HDFC to give home loans at 5.99%. "BPTP…today ...
Premium
NRI Deposit Rates Deregulated
RBI has deregulated the interest rate on NRI deposits of one year or more. There are some ridiculous definitions for NRIs – they have to deal with “NRE”, ...
Commentary
Readings: Bank Risk, Carbon Credits, Kingfisher
Nine Lakh Cr. stuck in risky sectors, says Firstpost. Even a 10% loss on that will hugely hurt bank capital, but the figure is exaggerated. “There is an ...
Charts & Analysis
Scraping The Bottom Of the Returns Barrel
Well done, NSE Nifty. What can I say, when a picture is worth a thousand words? Tough, tough ...
Economy
RBI Changes Nothing, Which Spooks Markets
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today changed nothing, which nowadays is a big event in the markets. In the mid-quarter policy review, RBI has said a lot of ...
Opinion
Protecting The Rupee By Freeing It
This is a repost of my article at Yahoo in December, 2011. The Rupee has breached new lows while the dollar continues to strengthen to Rs 54 and more. Indeed, ...
Opinion