Amidst global market volatility, BlackRock’s Ben Powell highlights India’s fixed-income market as promising due to easing inflation and the RBI’s accommodative stance. He suggests Indian government bonds offer attractive yields compared to global counterparts. Powell also emphasizes gold’s importance as a portfolio diversifier amidst geopolitical tensions and trade policy uncertainty.
Banks unlikely to reduce deposit rates despite RBI easing
Following the latest repo rate decrease, bankers foresee only slight adjustments to deposit rates. The landscape, characterized by sluggish savings yields and elevated credit-deposit ratios,