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Today Gold Rate 07-12-2024: Check latest prices in your city
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Today Gold Rate 07-12-2024: Check latest prices in your city

Hindustan Times  

The gold rate remained unchanged on Saturday. In Chennai, the gold rate today is ₹77921.0 for 10 grams, an increase from ₹77791.0 yesterday and a decrease from ₹78021.0 last week. The silver rate in Chennai today is ₹103800.0 per kg, which is higher than the price of ₹102100.0 yesterday and ₹102700.0 last week. In Mumbai, the gold rate today is …

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Today Gold Rate 05-12-2024: Check latest prices in your city
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Today Gold Rate 05-12-2024: Check latest prices in your city

Hindustan Times  

On December 5, 2024, the gold rate experienced a decline. In Mumbai, the gold rate today is ₹77797.0 for 10 grams, showing an increase from ₹77367.0 for 10 grams on December 4, 2024, identical to the price from the previous week. The silver rate in Mumbai today is ₹93300.0 per kg, mirroring the price from December 4, 2024, and showing …

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Government Set to Raise GST on Gold and Silver to 5%
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Government Set to Raise GST on Gold and Silver to 5%

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The government is likely to increase the GST rate on gold and silver to 5 per cent from the current 3 per cent. The government has brought down the basic customs duty on gold bars from 15 per cent to 6 per cent and the Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess on duty has come down from 5 per cent …

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Stock market crash: Sensex plunges over 900 points and recovers flat after STT hike proposal in Union Budget 2024
5 months ago

Stock market crash: Sensex plunges over 900 points and recovers flat after STT hike proposal in Union Budget 2024

Hindustan Times  

The announcement of a proposed increase in the Securities Transaction Tax by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her Union Budget 2024 speech sent the stock market plunging downwards. Securities transaction tax is a direct tax that is levied on the sale of securities on the stock exchanges like equity shares, derivatives, and units of equity mutual funds. Why did an …

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MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States
8 months, 3 weeks ago

MGNREGA Wages Hiked in States

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government on Thursday revised wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with hikes ranging between four and 10 per cent for different states. The increases were made on the 2023 wage rates under a scheme that is aimed at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of …

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Dutch central bank president predicts interest rates will begin to fall in June
9 months, 1 week ago

Dutch central bank president predicts interest rates will begin to fall in June

NL Times  

Interest rates in the eurozone could decrease slightly in June if the numbers show that salary increases did not drive up inflation again, said Klaas Knot, the president of the De Nederlandsche Bank. "That means that we are slowly moving towards the point where you can gradually take away some restrictions that you are putting on the economy with the …

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US Fed key meet: All eyes on Jerome Powell's comments amid 2024 rate cut expectations
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US Fed key meet: All eyes on Jerome Powell's comments amid 2024 rate cut expectations

Hindustan Times  

The US Federal Reserve, which has spent nearly two years raising interest rates to combat inflation, will announce its monetary policy decision on Wednesday, January 31. However, the Fed's decision on rate increase will be announced by the Chair of Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, in a press conference today at 2.30 pm ET. While the Federal Reserve forecasts three rate …

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Interest rate hike adds £24 a month on to average tracker mortgage payment
1 year, 4 months ago

Interest rate hike adds £24 a month on to average tracker mortgage payment

The Independent  

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UK recession fears mount after Bank of England hikes borrowing rates by more than expected
1 year, 6 months ago

UK recession fears mount after Bank of England hikes borrowing rates by more than expected

Associated Press  

LONDON — Fears that the British economy is heading for recession mounted sharply Thursday after the Bank of England raised borrowing costs by more than anticipated, seeking to combat stubbornly high inflation with a hike that will hit borrowers hard, particularly homeowners who have to refinance in the coming months. “But if we don’t raise rates now, it could be …

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Utility commission gives Georgia Power the OK for a 12% rate increase starting in June
1 year, 7 months ago

Utility commission gives Georgia Power the OK for a 12% rate increase starting in June

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Electricity bills for Georgia Power Co. customers will rise 12% beginning in June after Georgia’s elected utility regulators on Tuesday approved the boost to make up for the higher cost of fuel. “We owe the bill and we’ve got to pay it,” said Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald Jr. Georgia Power forecasts that it also needs another $2.2 billion …

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Pope joins Meloni in urging Italians to have more kids, not pets
1 year, 7 months ago

Pope joins Meloni in urging Italians to have more kids, not pets

Associated Press  

ROME — Pope Francis joined Italy’s conservative premier on Friday in encouraging Italians to have more children, denouncing the financial precariousness facing young couples and “selfish, egotistical” choices that have led to a record low birth rate that is threatening the country’s economic future. Meloni came to power last year on a pro-family campaign of “God, family, fatherland” and her …

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How a Fed increase could affect credit card debt, auto loans
1 year, 7 months ago

How a Fed increase could affect credit card debt, auto loans

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate yet again in its drive to cool inflation, a move that will directly affect most Americans. Rates on credit cards, mortgages and auto loans, which have been surging since the Fed began raising rates last year, all stand to rise even more. Economists worry, though, that the Fed’s …

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US jobless claims rise but remain at historically low levels
1 year, 8 months ago

US jobless claims rise but remain at historically low levels

Associated Press  

U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose to their highest level in more than a year, but remain at relatively low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and job market in its battle against inflation. Jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending April 8 rose by 11,000 to 239,000 from the previous week, the …

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RBI repo rate hike: Should you pay higher EMIs or increase tenure to tackle increasing loan rates?
2 years ago

RBI repo rate hike: Should you pay higher EMIs or increase tenure to tackle increasing loan rates?

Firstpost  

You can shorten your loan tenure by prepaying your home loan as and when the funds are available with you The repo rate was hiked by the Reserve Bank of India on 7 December by 35 points to 6.25 percent. After the rise in repo rate, the cost of loan for both existing and new home loan borrowers will increase …

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US Fed Announces Fourth Straight 0.75 Point Rate Hike
2 years, 1 month ago

US Fed Announces Fourth Straight 0.75 Point Rate Hike

News 18  

The Federal Reserve delivered another steep interest rate increase on Wednesday, as expected, with its move to cool red-hot inflation taking on more weight amid the political maelstrom ahead of key US midterm elections. The Fed’s aggressive rate hikes this year so far have not had a noticeable impact on prices, but increase the risk the US economy could suffer …

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The buyer may wait a little longer
2 years, 4 months ago

The buyer may wait a little longer

The Hindu  

The RBI has increased repo rate by 50 bps, the third consecutive rate hike in the last two months, thus signaling an end to the all-time low-interest rates regime. On the other hand, while real estate market faces an imminent trickle-down effect of the repo rate, it is equally important that the economy continues to grow in a stable and …

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Inevitable increase: The Hindu Editorial on RBI’s interest rate hike
2 years, 7 months ago

Inevitable increase: The Hindu Editorial on RBI’s interest rate hike

The Hindu  

The penny has dropped. After stubbornly holding off from acting to tame inflation, which has steadily eroded consumers’ purchasing power and derailed broader economic momentum, the RBI’s rate setting panel on Wednesday announced an ‘off-cycle’ increase in benchmark interest rates. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das rationalised that letting inflation remain elevated at current levels for too long risked ‘de-anchoring inflation expectations’ …

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Home Loan, Auto Loan EMIs to Become Dearer As RBI Hikes Repo Rates In Surprise Move
2 years, 7 months ago

Home Loan, Auto Loan EMIs to Become Dearer As RBI Hikes Repo Rates In Surprise Move

News 18  

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das Wednesday said it held an off cycle-meeting amid high inflation and voted to increase the repo rate by 40 basis points, citing persistent inflationary pressures in the economy. Atul Monga, Co-Founder & CEO, BASIC Home Loan, said: “The hike in repo rate is a calculated measure that RBI has taken to combat inflation …

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Take pre-emptive action if required to curb Covid-19 spread, Centre tells states
2 years, 8 months ago

Take pre-emptive action if required to curb Covid-19 spread, Centre tells states

Hindustan Times  

The Centre on Tuesday advised five states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Mizoram to take pre-emptive action, if required to control any emerging spread of Covid-19, news agency PTI reported. Bhushan highlighted that Delhi has reported an increase in the number of new cases from 998 in the week ending April 12 to 2,671 in the week ending …

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Mortgage interest rates rise again, but will this impact house prices?
2 years, 10 months ago

Mortgage interest rates rise again, but will this impact house prices?

Dutch News  

Mortgage interest rates in the Netherlands are rising, and have gone up 0.45 of a percentage point to 1.85% for a 20-year fixed rate mortgage, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Tuesday. The sharp increase takes mortgage rates to their highest level since August 2019, and it is, according to experts, unclear when the increase will slow down again. The low …

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US Fed governor opens door to half-point rate hike in March
2 years, 10 months ago

US Fed governor opens door to half-point rate hike in March

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said Monday that she was open to lifting interest rates by more than the traditional quarter-point at the central bank’s next meeting in March. Bowman said in prepared remarks to an American Bankers Association Conference in Palm Desert, California, that she supported lifting rates next month and that “if the economy evolves as …

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Fed officials agree on a March rate hike but little else
2 years, 10 months ago

Fed officials agree on a March rate hike but little else

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A worsening inflation picture has touched off a range of opinions from the Federal Reserve’s policymakers about just how fast they should raise interest rates beginning at their next meeting in March. Last week’s report on consumer inflation prompted a sharp increase in expectations for rate increases by the Fed this year. I think it’s timely to get …

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Rental prices increase at fastest rate on record, data suggests
2 years, 10 months ago

Rental prices increase at fastest rate on record, data suggests

The Independent  

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Metro unveils strategy through 2030
2 years, 10 months ago

Metro unveils strategy through 2030

Live Mint  

BY GIULIA PETRONI | UPDATED JAN 26, 2022 05:01 AM EST Metro AG on Wednesday unveiled its strategic targets through 2030, saying it plans to focus on professional customers and expand its multichannel business model. The German wholesale company said at its capital markets day that it targets total sales to grow at a compound annual rate of 3% to …

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