Currency in circulation at two thirds the pre-note ban levels in early NovemberTotal currency in circulation amounted to Rs 11.98 lakh crore, as of March 03,’17, according to the latest reserve money data released by t...
08 Mar, 2017, 07.44 PM IST
Mutual Funds, debentures score over conventional options for savingsGranular data on financial savings indicate a shift away from deposits, which still account for almost half of financial savings, to stocks...
22 Sep, 2016, 03.00 PM IST
Focus on fiscal deficit can kick in a virtuous cycle: Ajit Ranade, Aditya Birla GroupRanade, who is group chief economist of the company, shared his assessment of the Union Budget proposals in an interaction with ET’s Gayatr...
03 Mar, 2016, 04.44 AM IST
Obituary: We now tread the road Savak Tarapore laidThe former deputy governor of RBI passed away on Tuesday after a brief illness. He bacame popular after a seminal report on Capital Account...
04 Feb, 2016, 06.30 AM IST
Banks take country roads to grow consumer durables loan portfolioTotal annual growth in consumer durable loans was 50 per cent last August from the year earlier when the rural economy was in a much better...
14 Oct, 2015, 10.23 AM IST
Banks head to villages to prop up their consumer loan booksBanks are increasingly relying on villages and smaller towns to expand their consumer durable loan portfolio.
13 Oct, 2015, 08.47 PM IST
Consumer confidence improves in November: ANZ reportAfter being in the dumps, consumer confidence in the country has jumped in November, helped by a sense of economic optimism and an easing o...
25 Nov, 2014, 06.59 PM IST
- Risks to financial sector stability
It is not just the current account deficit, or CAD, all major indicators of external sector vulnerability continue to deteriorate.
09 Jan, 2013, 05.13 AM IST
Under the lens: Bankers to watch out for in 2013Shikha Sharma, Axis Bank, Sunil Kaushal, Standard Chartered India, & VR Iyer, Bank of India will be the bankers to watch out for in 2013.
02 Jan, 2013, 06.05 AM IST
ET in the classroom: Funding of current account deficitThe current account deficit in a country's balance of payments measures the gap between import and export of goods, services and transfers.
21 Dec, 2012, 03.20 AM IST
Balance of payment deficit may push rupee downBoP data for the December quarter to be released this week could show a deficit, the first time since the collapse of the Lehman Brothers.
27 Mar, 2012, 10.45 AM IST
- Budget 2012: Tripped by global crisis in 2008, FRBM yet to recover
Almost four years after the stimulus, even as the central bank has unwound monetary stimulus, there has been little success in unwinding th...
26 Mar, 2012, 04.26 PM IST
- Bill to amend Banking Regulations Act hangs fire
The amendment to Banking Regulations Act, which at that time was touted as a game changer, was proposed seven years ago, but is yet to see ...
21 Mar, 2012, 12.32 PM IST
- Debate on separation of public debt office from monetary management continues
A working group on separation of debt management from monetary management submitted its report to the Reserve Bank of India in December 199...
21 Mar, 2012, 12.31 PM IST
- Can Mumbai ever become international Financial Hub?
In 2007, the then finance minister P Chidambaram in his Budget speech said that the country's financial capital has the potential to be a g...
21 Mar, 2012, 12.17 PM IST
- Sex abuse case: Orissa ex-Speaker likely to be quizzed today
Orissa Police are likely to interrogate former Speaker Maheswar Mohanty on Friday in connection with the sexual harassment of a Lady Marsha...
18 Apr, 2008, 10.46 AM IST
- Sexual harassment case: Orissa ex-Speaker to be quizzed
A week after recording statements of five employees of Orissa Assembly in connection with the sexual harassment case of a Lady Marshal, pol...
17 Apr, 2008, 01.49 PM IST