When the conservative Varma suggests repo rate at 6% is good enough for a pause, it’s a sufficient signal that the RBI is close to peak interest rate, for now. After a fourth straight increase, the repo rate is at 5.9%. To add weight to Varma’s stance, Goyal said the MPC may end up overdoing the increases, hurting the economy.
South Korea’s Kospi tanks 8% despite US-Iran war optimism. Here are 4 reasons why
The benchmark Kospi plunged 551 points, or 8.1%, to 6,2505. The steep decline triggered “sidecar” trading curbs on both the Kospi and the junior Kosdaq