
J C Sharma, MD, Sobha Developers believes that the forthcoming Budget will decide how the demand situation will pan out going forward. However, Sharma feels that the worst is behind for the real estate sector with the Reserve Bank of India giving clear indications that interest rates have reached the peak of the tightening cycle. An optimistic Sharma said that 2012 will be a year of growth where realty companies...

06:17 PM, Mar 02, 2012

GDP growth is down to 6.1 per cent for the third quarter from 6.9 per cent in the last quarter. ...

11:59 PM, Feb 29, 2012

The RBI has increased interest rates 13 times since March, 2010, to contain inflation and India Inc has been demanding a cut in the rates to arrest declining economic growth. ...

07:49 AM, Jan 24, 2012

CNBC TV18's Banking Editor Latha Venkatesh explains what this means for the economy. ...

10:40 PM, Jan 12, 2012

CNBC TV18's Banking Editor Latha Venkatesh explains how the decision's taken at the RBI's credit policy meet on Friday will impact consumers. ...

08:10 AM, Dec 16, 2011

The main problem is that lot of people who need dollars have remained un-hedged through the past several years. ...

09:22 PM, Dec 13, 2011

The rupee skidded to an all-time low on Tuesday as oil refiners and other companies scrambled to buy dollars. ...

01:50 PM, Nov 22, 2011

The rupee has slumped 14.2 per cent from its highest point in 2011 hit late July and is the worst performer among major Asian currencies. ...

02:25 PM, Nov 18, 2011

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India will be announcing its mid-year credit policy on Tuesday, which may dampen the spirit of Diwali as it is expected to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points to 8.5 per cent. This will be the 13th raise in last 19 months. Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to banks. A higher repo rate pushes up banks'...

07:30 AM, Oct 25, 2011

The fall in the Indian rupee continued as rupee inched closer to 50 against the dollar. ...

01:30 PM, Sep 23, 2011

The sensex is trading below the 17,000 mark and shed about 460 points on Thursday. ...

01:57 PM, Sep 22, 2011

The Reserve Bank of India may hike rates again in October if inflation doesn't moderate. ...

10:42 PM, Sep 16, 2011

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to hike interest rates by 25 bps on Friday as inflation nears double digits. It will be the twelfth hike in 18 months. While home loan EMIs may go up as a result of the RBI rate hike, the fixed deposit (FD) rates are also expected to go up. Already interest rates have been hiked for industrial borrowers and now...

06:44 PM, Sep 15, 2011

RBI's action likely to have negative impact on the economy and job creation also to be impacted. ...

08:50 AM, Jun 17, 2011

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday raised its key short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent each with immediate effect. The short-term lending (repo) rate has been hiked to 6.50 per cent and the borrowing (reverse repo) to 5.50 per cent. Here is what the hike in rates by Reserve Bank of India means for you and me. Banks normally take the signaling rate as an...

04:35 PM, Jan 25, 2011