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Union Budget 2019: Monetary policy's primary objective is to maintain price stability while keeping in mind the objective of growth
Fp Research •The RBI’s monetary policy department (MPD) assists the MPC in formulating the monetary policy.
10-year bond yield at over one-year low on fall in oil prices, RBI’s announcement of another round of open market operations
•India’s benchmark 10-year bond yield at 7.16%, its lowest level since April 9, 2018. It had ended at 7.23% on Friday.
Rupee rises for second straight day; surges 10 paise at 70.34 driven by easing crude prices
•The rupee opened strong at 70.32 and later rose to the day's high of 70.17 at the interbank forex market.
RBI announces Rs 25,000 cr liquidity injection in May through OMOs, to be carried out in two tranches
•The RBI has been using OMOs through the prolonged period of weak liquidity starting FY19 itself
RBI to inject Rs 12,500-cr liquidity via OMOs on Thursday; result of auction to be announced on same day
•OMOs are financial tools to either inject or suck out liquidity from the system
Banks expect liquidity to remain tight in Q4 despite slight improvement in the situation: Survey
•The liquidity scenario remained in deficit in the third quarter of 2018-19, the survey of 23 banks from public, private, foreign and small finance segments said.
RBI monetary policy meet: Central bank follows the textbook prescription to buy time and react
Rajni Thakur •Capacity utilisation measured by the RBI's OBICUS survey showed an increase from 73.8 percent in Q1 to 76.1 percent in Q2, higher than the long-term average of 74.9%.
RBI to inject Rs 10,000 cr via open market operations on Thursday; process to help ease tight liquidity situation
•The OMO by the RBI will help ease tight liquidity situation triggered by a series of defaults by group companies of IL&FS.
RBI may infuse another Rs 1.6 lakh crore via open market operations in March quarter: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
•BofAML said it does not rule out the possibility of the RBI cutting the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 1 per cent if foreign portfolio investors (FPI) flows remain weak.
RBI to inject Rs 8,000 cr liquidity through purchase of government securities on 22 Nov
•The OMO operation will help ease tight liquidity situation triggered by a series of default by group companies of IL&FS.