The Budget 2026 maintained a trend of steadily reducing the fiscal deficit and indicated that the figure for FY26 was 4.4 percent. This is expected to decline further to 4.3 percent in FY27. As the transition to a debt-to-GDP regime begins, this figure for the current fiscal stands at 56.1 percent and is expected to […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed money market participants to pledge municipal bonds for borrowing in the overnight market under repo operations (Repo), the regulator said on Tuesday.Unlisted companies holding government securities will also be considered eligible participants for repo transactions, the RBI said. “Eligible participants include all unlisted companies having special securities […]
The returns of the European government bonds were on track to end the week, to deviate from their American counterparts about different prospects for their respective central banks, while the focus of investors was also on a French credit assessment that was due after hours. The 10-year bond return of Germany, the benchmark for the […]