The value of trades in the interbank call money market, which helps lubricate the financial system and is the operating target of the RBI’s monetary policy, has shrunk nearly 40% in the past four years, official data showed. Meanwhile, trades in the two other money market segments – market repos and tri-party repos – have trebled, posing a tricky question for the RBI about its rate-action impact on the economy.
Global Market Today: Asian stocks climb after tech shares power Wall Street
MSCI Inc.’s gauge of Asian shares climbed 0.5%, with memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. the top contributors to gains. South Korea’s