How RBI should 'manage' the yield curve

None can question the central bank's policy of leaning against the rising yield but the problem is with the way it is being done

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Reserve Bank of India | bonds market | Bond Yields

Tamal Bandyopadhyay 

Tamal Bandyopadhyay

On February 24, in an interview to a national business news channel, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das once again urged the market to “trust” the central bank, which is for the “orderly evolution” of bond yield curve.

He also explained why the yield curve is “public good”. “Yield management” doesn’t bring down the cost of government borrowing alone; it pares the cost of corporate borrowing as well since the pricing of corporate debt instruments is linked to government bonds. Finally, he made a point that the bond ...

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First Published: Sun, February 28 2021. 22:16 IST
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