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Why you should wait for CPI-indexed inflation bonds
If retail investors want to invest in these bonds, it would be better for them to wait until CPI-linked ones are launched. As per the latest data, while CPI inflation was 9.8 percent, the WPI was a much lower 4.89 percent. #HowThisWorks #Inflation #RBI #WPI #Chidambaram #CPI #Inflation-Indexed Bonds
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New bonds will insulate govt from inflation, not the poor
By launching bonds that are keyed to the WPI inflation, the government is actually saving itself from inflation by robbing the poor. #HowThisWorks #Inflation #RBI #WPI #CPI #GoodReads #Inflation-Indexed Bonds
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Rate-cut hopes lift markets by 500 pts, but is rally sustainable?
The BSE Sensex closed at 20215.30, up 2.50 percent marking its biggest single day percentage gain since June 2012. #Sensex #Investing #nifty #WPI #MarketClose #RBI rate cut
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Inflation undershoots expectations, bets rise for another rate cut
Coming after a series of depressing developments on the economic front, the latest inflation figure is bound to give a fillip to those segments clamoring for another rate cut when the RBI meets on 3 May to decide its monetary policy stance. #Inflation #RBI #WPI #PolicyWatch #Rate cut #CAD
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Prices: Between a rock and a hard place, as always
We know what is impacting prices, but no matter what you do, there is no optimal solution to the rising problem of inflation. #Inflation #WPI #Core inflation #CPI #Price Pressure
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Economic TimesAre inflation-indexed bonds a good investment option?
The RBI will soon issue inflation-indexed bonds (IIBs) to cushion your savings against rising prices. These financial instruments are meant to encourage savings and wean investors away from gold. Whether the central bank succeeds in reducing the attracti #India
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Moneycontrol.comIndian rupee falls; April WPI inflation data awaited
Traders say mild demand from oil companies also helping the dollar but the pair should hold in a range of 54.70 to 54.90 until the WPI data due around noon. Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 Traders say mild demand from oil compa #Bombay Stock Exchange
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Economic TimesInflation-indexed bonds won't protect the savings of the poor
The government has made an announcement regarding the launch of the inflation-indexed bonds that finance minister P Chidambaram had first promised in his Budget speech. However, there is complete discordance between what Chidambaram had said in his Budge #Palaniappan Chidambaram #India