Interest Rates & Central Banks

The single most important price in finance — the cost of money — and who sets it.

• What Interest Rates Really AreThe price of money and time. Why this one number quietly anchors the value of everything else.7 min
• The RBI & the Repo RateHow India’s central bank steers the economy with a single policy rate, and why markets hang on it.7 min
• How Rates Move Asset PricesWhy higher rates pressure stocks and bonds — the discounting link that explains the whiplash.7 min
• The Yield CurveWhat the shape of bond yields says about growth — and why an inverted curve scares everyone.7 min
• The Fed & Global Rate SpilloversWhy decisions in Washington move markets in Mumbai. The plumbing of global money.7 min