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RBI Release: Rate Cuts, Sector Sops

The RBI has cut rates by 1%. The Repo rate is now 6.5% and the reverse repo is 5%. Just 1%? I believe a much bigger response is necessary, but then ...

Dec 06, 2008

Petrol prices cut by Rs. 5, Diesel by Rs. 2

As of Friday midnight, four hours from now, the prices of Petrol and Diesel in India will be down by Rs. 5 and 2, respectively. A cut in diesel prices is ...

Dec 05, 2008

Inflation data delayed – Why are we surprised?

ET says “Inflation data delayed, no reasons given“. How surprising is that? For a long time, Inflation data would come out at 12 noon on Friday. ...

Dec 04, 2008

Excess Power – the next boom, after five years?

I’ve been posting very randomly nowadays. A link here, a view there, but nothing coherent seems to emerge – I know I’ve been bearish, but ...

Nov 18, 2008

Kaushik's daily dose of inflation

Kaushik has started an interesting series: A daily dose of deflation. (Read his introductory post) Very important news – often overlooked because falling ...

Nov 15, 2008

Real Estate in Denial

(Whisper) Real Estate Developers think it’s a great time for you to buy a house, because prices have “bottomed out“. Agreed Rohtas Goel, CMD, ...

Nov 11, 2008

Why aren't we seeing fuel price cuts?

Political and Economic nightmare: World going into recession, everyone’s worried about serious asset price deflation, Auto and Steel companies are ...

Nov 10, 2008

WTF: Business World on RBI

Business World has an article on the RBI: “Lost in Minutiae“. I find glaring inconsistencies in the article, like: The latest measures of the ...

Nov 08, 2008

Interest Rates Drop, SLR lowered and more

RBI has announced a 1% drop in Cash Reserve Ratio (% of deposits that get deposited in RBI) and a 1% drop in the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (% of deposits in ...

Nov 02, 2008

Crash boom bang

What a day! My net connection was fried so I was over at Kaushik’s place watching the drama unfold. From an open 4% down, the index promptly went to a ...

Oct 08, 2008

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