Indian lenders asked the central bank to relax a number of liquidity rules to allow them unlock more funds for growth, according to people familiar with the matter, as demand for loans grows faster than deposits.
Indian assets rallied after the US sharply cut tariffs on the country’s goods, lifting the rupee and stocks as investors reassessed a long-soured outlook.
Indian assets rallied after the US sharply cut tariffs on the country’s goods, lifting the rupee and stocks as investors reassessed a long-soured outlook.
Indian assets rallied after the US sharply cut tariffs on the country’s goods, lifting the rupee and stocks as investors reassessed a long-soured outlook.
India’s benchmark bond yields climbed to the highest in more than a year after the government unveiled a record debt-sale plan that exceeded analysts’ expectations.
India’s plan to allow lending and borrowing of sovereign bonds remains stalled by uncertainty on how taxes will be applied, despite infrastructure being in place for more than 18 months, according to people familiar with the matter, complicating an effort to deepen the nation’s $1.3 trillion debt market.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters building in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said the country contributes more to global growth than the US, responding to President Donald Trump’s recent remark dismissing the South Asian nation as a “dead” economy.
India is in a neutral interest-rate environment now and the central bank will decide its next move after assessing growth and inflation trends, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Tuesday.
Singapore Exchange Ltd. held multiple calls with treasury officials from global banks about introducing futures tied to some Asian government bond markets, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Singapore Exchange Ltd. stock exchange headquarters in Singapore, on Monday, July 14, 2025. Singapore’s biggest initial public offering in eight years is offering hope that the country’s stock exchange is finally attractive for new listings.
Emerging-market assets gained Monday in a session marked by a weaker dollar and a revival of the “Sell America” trade, after the US Justice Department threatened the Federal Reserve with a criminal indictment.
Indian bonds have limited scope to rally as a shift in household savings to equities and changes to banks’ investment rules dampen demand for long-term debt, according to a senior executive at ICICI Bank Ltd.
Indian sovereign bonds eligible for inclusion in global indexes are on track for a record monthly outflow, as a weaker rupee and signs the central bank is nearing the end of its interest-rate cut cycle weigh on sentiment.
Some of Asia’s strongest currency trends are starting to unravel in the final trading days of the year, with the South Korean won and the Thai baht leading the reversals.
Indian bonds rallied the most in nearly nine months on Wednesday after the central bank announced fresh measures to boost banking-system liquidity, including government bond purchases and a foreign-exchange swap.
India must find ways to reduce borrowings by its provinces as a record issuance by them will weigh on bonds and keep interest rates high, according to a veteran trader at Bank of America Corp.
India’s central bank conducted foreign-exchange swaps on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that cooled a sharp rise in hedging costs.
The Reserve Bank of India logo on barrier tape at the central bank's headquarters building in Mumbai. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
India’s central bank stepped in forcefully to support the rupee, propelling it to the biggest gain in seven months in a move that some analysts said was intended to punish those betting on a one-way slide in the currency.
The Indian rupee’s rapid slide to successive record lows in recent weeks has analysts debating why the central bank has refrained from intervening more forcefully to support the currency.