Other methods attempt to measure market participants' expectations regarding future short-term real
interest rates. This is done by means of real return bonds, market surveys (for example by Consensus Forecasts) and by estimating market participants' future
interest rate expectations via market rates (implied rates (17)).
Limited adjustments was witnessed in banks'
interest rates on Sunday, which is the first working day of the banking sector after the Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE) decision on Thursday to cut
interest rates by 1.5%.
Interest rates are crucial elements in the transmission of monetary policy actions to economic activities.
Paradoxically, institutions are now lending to small customers at truly exorbitant
interest rates.
Summary: Pune (Maharashtra) [India] April 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The last quarter of 2018 saw an increase in fixed deposit
interest rates, due to factors such as an increase in loan to deposit ratio, falling value of Indian rupee and the rising crude prices.
Summary: Many Lebanese banks have started reducing
interest rates on deposits after the formation of a government eased fears on the Lebanese currency and a run on the lenders.
Asked to choose between raising
interest rates to keep inflation down and keeping
interest rates down to allow prices to rise, 21.5 per cent of respondents was reported to have opted a rise in
interest rates if only to keep prices low.
Interest rates were relatively steady during the period so that when the market started to recover after eight months, the rates were almost unchanged.
In particular, the average
interest rates on overnight deposits placed by households and by non-financial corporations remained unchanged at 0.09% and 0.14%, respectively.
Indian public sector lender, Punjab National Bank (PNB) (532461.BO) (PNB.NS), has raised
interest rates on domestic term deposits effective January 1, 2018, The Business Line has reported, citing a statement from the bank.