Yearly Archives: 2017

Role Play Begins

The last week of a calendar year is usually the time when global institutional investors take a break. When they return in January, their investment actions are often radically different from those made in December. Just like a test batsman takes a fresh guard after a lunch recess, fund managers take a fresh view of things in the New…

December Drama Awaits

The coming weeks promise to be interesting. During recent months, domestic investors have put behind almost every market setback and resumed buying equities. Domestic liquidity has absorbed any selling by FIIs. Traders have also remained supremely confident on equities and we are entering December with the highest level of confidence.…

RBI Monetary Policy – December 2017

StanceThe RBI’s stance on monetary policy is crystal clear. In the last year, the challenges have been to manage excess liquidity, anaemic growth, low inflation, and the NPA crisis. The RBI acknowledges that any outcome is possible from this point and therefore chooses to maintain its neutral stance. Effectively, monetary policy decisions will be data-driven. Keeping this in mind, the reserve bank has left key rates unchanged.