The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 28, 2002

Making a case for economic recovery
WITH the GDP growing at 5.3 per cent in the second quarter this year as compared to 4.4 in the first, it seems that our economy has bottomed out and there are signs of some recovery. In my last few articles I had just mentioned in a passing way ... More

FOREX

Rupee at the crossroads again
IT needed one large ticket dollar demand to send the rupee tumbling below 48.30 again last weeks and bring in dollar buyers into the market. It is now just a few prices away from its 48.43 support. Month end factors and the weakening trend in ... More

DEBT MARKET

Low inflation rates boost bond market
THE bond market continued to head northwards though some profit-taking took place during the course trading last week. The ten-year yield to maturity (YTM) pushed towards new levels at 7.77 per cent fuelled by low inflation rates and continued ... More

NLC to issue debentures

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS

Bank lending in Q3 lacklustre: BIS
IN the international capital markets, banks in the reporting area did not extend any new international credit in the third quarter of 2001 and took steps to reduce their risk exposures. Disclosing this in its latest international consolidated ... More

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