China stocks driven by retail investors, may not impact global markets: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank"Two factors, which will impact dollar Rupee equity and the bond market will be Greece in terms of sentiment and the Federal Reserve in ter...
Inflation to spike after August, banks' ability to cut rates doubtful: K. Harihar, FirstRand Bank'You hope the system will take the rates down, but the cost of deposits also needs to come down.'
Moody's move will boost sentiment in both bond & currency markets: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank"However, foreign investors had perhaps already factored in a large part of it and therefore, we may not see too much of incremental inflow...
Expect rising dollar strength to cause some weakness in rupee: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank Ltd"We could see a bit of rupee weakening, but not too much because exporters would come to sell their forward receivables."
See markets taking cues from the coming Budget: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank"If there is enough data in the Budet to suggest that the next year’s numbers on a full-year basis look much better, then it will be a big ...
See another 25-bps cut in March-April if macro situation remains favourable: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank Ltd"Another 25-bps cut is perhaps being kept on hold to see whether the 4.1% deficit target is achieved as also how the coming Budget looks li...
Expect trade deficit number to be around 9.5-10.5%: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank"Inflation is going to come down from the last month’s number. Similarly, we are expecting the trade deficit number to be in the region of ...
Recovery will be driven more by consumption than manufacturing: K Harihar, Treasurer, FirstRand Bank'In the short term, we expect the trade deficit to be around $10 billion,' says K Harihar.
RBI measures will take time to pay off : K Harihar, FirstRand BankEarlier when the market was looking at 58, we would probably look at slightly higher elevated level of 60-61 before the exporters decided t...
RBI measures will be reversed once Re corrects to 57-58/$: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank"RBI would not probably tinker with either of the CRR or the repo, partly because initial measures are working," says K Harihar, FirstRand ...
- RBI may cut rates if inflation downtrend continues: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank
"The possibility of a rate cut, the ability of that rate cut to be passed through on the deposit side," says K Harihar.
- Telecom auctions, disinvestment agenda crucial for the market in near future: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank
"The bond market is going to take more cue from the action that happens on the repo rate side and the real rate rather than the CRR."
- From liquidity provision point of view, RBI decision is a welcome move: K Harihar, First Rand Bank
Going ahead inflation may stabilise in the 7-7.5 range, which will give space to the RBI cut the rates a little bit more, says K Harihar.
- Rupee strengthening unlikely to be a continued trend: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank
K Harihar, Treasurer, FirstRand Bank, in an interview with ET Now gives his perspective on rupee. Excerpts:-
- Rupee can go to 52 levels against US dollar: K Harihar, Treasurer, FirstRand Bank Ltd
In an interview with ET Now, K Harihar, Treasurer, FirstRand Bank Ltd, shares his outlook on the rupee. Excerpts:
- Rupee could appreciate in second half: K Harihar, FirstRand Bank
In an interview with ET Now, K Harihar, Treasurer, FirstRand Bank Ltd, gives his outlook on what can be expected from the RBI on Tuesday. E...
- Market expecting 25bps rate hike in credit policy: K Harihar, First Rand Bank
RBI's discussion paper put out yesterday has suggested keeping only one policy rate- the repo rate- as primary indicator towards inflation ...