Market expert Ajay Bagga noted that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell reassured the market by signaling readiness to cut rates due to labor market concerns. With rate cuts almost certain by September, bond yields dropped, stocks rose, the dollar weakened, and gold prices increased. This was expected amid the substantial fiscal deficit buffering economic errors.
Accelerate asset monetisation in railways, roads: Sebi chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey
Capital markets regulator Sebi’s chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday said there is a need to “accelerate” monetisation of government-held assets in sectors such as