RBI Gold News

RBI delaying year-end bonuses to the heads of top private banks — HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – RBI delaying year-end bonuses to the heads of top private banks — HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank — Chief executive officers at HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd. —the nation’s largest private lenders by assets — are among bankers yet to receive bonuses for the financial year ended 31 March 2017, as the Reserve Bank of India hasn’t signed off on the proposed payments, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. They declined to give further details. Business Standard newspaper had previously reported the delays.                               

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Inflation has Been Ticking Lower

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Money Market Update – Inflation has been ticking lower, but the RBI expects it to inch up in coming months amid rising fuel and vegetable prices. Traders will also watch out for whether the central bank allows foreigners to up their investments in government bonds, a move which is likely to fuel a further rally in the market.

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India’s ‘Macro Concerns’ Will Hold Nifty Below 11,000, CLSA Says

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – India’s ‘Macro Concerns’ Will Hold Nifty Below 11,000, CLSA Says – NSE Nifty 50 Index won’t cross the 11,000 level in 2018 as concerns about the revenue and fiscal deficits, higher oil price and inflation, new taxes on equity gains and political uncertainties will continue to linger on and impact returns, CLSA India Pvt. said in an investor note Monday.

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Demonetiser

GST May Lead to Inflation in the Short Run

Gold Silver Reports — The government may see a revenue loss of around `1 lakh crore and some jump in inflation in the coming year due to goods and services tax (GST), Thomas Isaac, Kerala’s finance minissaid on Thursday.     

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Pound Falls Even as Inflation Rises

Gold Silver Reports — The pound fell even as a report showed that the UK’s annual in flation rate accelerated more in June than economists forecast, with traders awaiting the first data that indicate the state of the nation’s economy. Sterling weakened versus all except two of its 16 major …

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