Nomura suggests the RBI might replace the unsecured WACR with a secured rate like TREPS or SORR to enhance monetary policy transmission, aligning with global practices. Secured repo markets have grown significantly, while call money market volumes remain stagnant. This shift would necessitate more active liquidity management by the RBI, especially concerning mutual funds’ access to standing facilities.
Fed rate hike ‘not urgent’, says John Williams; Austan Goolsbee warns against ‘playing with fire’
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams stated there could be one more interest rate increase before year-end. He emphasized that the central