\"Investors at the short-end (up to 2Y) will probably earn zero or negative real return (inflation-adjusted) in FY22, similar to FY21,\" says Dhawal Dalal, CIO-Fixed Income Edelweiss AMC

The respondents to the survey were also less upbeat about the year ahead, with the future expectations index plummeting to 108.8 from 117.1 in the period after review, the RBI noted

There's the good news that there is faster global growth driven primarily by the US, China, and India, having strong rebounds, World Bank president David Malpass

The RBI will purchase government securities worth Rs 1 lakh crore under GSAP 1.0 in Q1FY22. It had purchased bonds worth around Rs 3.13 lakh crore from the secondary market in FY21.

While the RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged, hinting at short-term interest rates to remain low, the risk from ultra-loose monetary policy is certainly on the rise as the future inflation trajectory has an upward bias

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says MPC kept its estimate for economic growth unchanged at 10.5 per cent for FY22. MPC also saw inflation edging up to 5.2 per cent in first half of new fiscal from 5% in January-March period and moderate to 4.4 per cent in Q3

The central bank kept its key policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent, but warned that the recent surge in COVID-19 infections has created uncertainty over economic growth recovery

The central bank had projected CPI of 5.2 to 5% in the first half (August to September) of 2021-22. The new forecast is an indicator of the hardening of inflation in the economy

Experts say spurt in Covid-19 cases is a worry. After seeing expansion in third quarter post entering recession in previous two quarters, country is expected to grow at 1 per cent in fourth quarter ending March. But growth may slip further sequentially

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), RBI's rate-setting panel, is also likely to maintain the policy stance accommodative at the next policy review to be unveiled on April 7, say experts

The RBI is trying its best to keep the interest rates low to support the economic recovery and also facilitate government's huge borrowing plan in 2021-22

The interest rates seem to have bottomed out in the economy. The benchmark repo rate , which saw a decline from 8 per cent seven years ago to 4 per cent in May last year , is now steady at the current level. The repo rate is the rate at which banks borrow funds from RBI. It acts as a benchmark for fixing interest rates for home loans and other loan products. While the  Government and the RBI is trying their best to keep the interest rate low, but five factors point to rising interest rate risk for the borrowers. These are rising retail inflation, higher international crude prices, second Covid wave, higher G-Sec yields and gradual rise in banks term deposit rates. ALSO WATCH | Cryptocurrency Ban: Regulatory Framework for assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum & RippleALSO READ | Debit card, credit card auto-payment: What are the big changes?READ MORE | Hardening G-Sec yields to push up borrowing cost for govt, corporates

Market analysts termed FY 2020-21 as a roller coaster ride for not only Indian markets but also for equity indices globally due to the pandemic

The rupee is expected to average around 73.50-74 in FY22, as, despite a vaccine, the COVID-19 frenzy still persists and is likely to continue to grapple the foreign exchange market

To save interest burden and ease the fiscal pressure, the government last year decided to issue zero-coupon bonds for meeting the capital needs of the banks

The scheme carries an additional interest of 80 basis points (bps) for term deposits (TD) with 5-10 years tenor.

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A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan which had reserved its verdict on the batch of pleas on December 17, last year, will pronounce the judgement

Observing that the vaccinations have moved beyond health workers to senior citizens, but at 3.3 crores as of March 16, the entire process needs to be speeded up, said the article on the 'State of Economy' written by RBI Deputy Governor M D Patra and other officials