Fed rate hike impact News

The interest rate hike by the US Fed is not likely to create much volatility in Indian markets and will have only a minimal impact on the RBI's monetary policy stance, industry bodies said on Thursday.

The interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve reflects a strengthening US economy that will benefit emerging market economies but also make them vulnerable to volatile capital flows, Moody's Investors Service said today.

Spot gold ticked up 0.3 percent to $1,054.40 an ounce by 0327 GMT.

End of uncertainty and accommodative outlook for future will help policy makers in emerging economies.

India with a fortress balance sheet, sound fiscal managementand and strong GDP growth is very well-equipped to deal with any volatility that may arise from a gradual interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve.

India is better placed than many of its peers after the American central bank - the US Federal Reserve - raised its key interest rates, said credit rating agency Fitch Ratings on Thursday.

The US Federal Reserve last night hiked interest rates by 0.25 percent.

It would be the first US rate hike in nearly a decade.

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If the Fed lays out an aggressive schedule of future rate increases, stock markets could become very volatile and even plummet, say strategists.  

Know more about the reasons behind India's stock market ongoing fall:

Extreme volatility in domestic equities as well as expectations that the Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006 predominantly impacted the rupee sentiment.