Bloomberg India’s central bank would have to gradually hike the benchmark interest rate to its highest in three years as it battles to curb inflation that’s hovering above its targeted range, economists said. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) might change its stance to neutral from accommodative in the June policy, topping it up with a 25 basis points ...

  Bloomberg The Bank of Canada is poised to become the first in the Group of Seven to hike interest rates by a half-percentage point as it moves more aggressively to wrestle inflation down from a three-decade high. Governor Tiff Macklem is expected to raise the central bank’s policy rate to 1%, followed by a series of additional hikes that ...

  Bloomberg India is rolling out the world’s shortest equity trade-settlement cycle. A pain-free transition for foreign investors would spur others to follow, according to Deutsche Bank AG, the largest custodian bank in the country. Higher currency transaction costs and the risk of operational delays are among concerns that have been flagged as the nation’s exchanges leapfrog peers in New ...