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The latest issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR) of the Reserve Bank of India, the seventh in the series, is being released at a time when debate about the appropriateness, timing and pace of imminent exit from unconventional monetary policies by the US is intensifying and the consequent tremors are being felt in financial markets across the globe. The FSR aims to create awareness about the vulnerabilities in the financial system, to inform about the resilienc

The sixth issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR) of the Reserve Bank of India is being released in an environment of global macroeconomic instability and uncertainty. Economic growth in India has moderated in recent quarters, buffeted by global headwinds and domestic policy uncertainties. Growth, however, needs to accelerate if the momentum of poverty reduction, employment generation and pay off from the demographic dividend is to be accelerated. The Report ref

The sixth issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR) of the Reserve Bank of India is being released in an environment of global macroeconomic instability and uncertainty. Economic growth in India has moderated in recent quarters, buffeted by global headwinds and domestic policy uncertainties. Growth, however, needs to accelerate if the momentum of poverty reduction, employment generation and pay off from the demographic dividend is to be accelerated. The Report ref

The Reserve Bank of India today released the fifth issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR) against the backdrop of worrisome global and domestic macroeconomic developments. Through these half-yearly FSRs, the Reserve Bank attempts to share the results of its macro prudential surveillance with the market, to encourage debate and to create awareness of the vulnerabilities in the system and even to suggest prompt corrective action. As in the case of the previous FS

The Reserve Bank of India presented its half-yearly assessment of the health of India’s financial sector in its Financial Stability Report (FSR), released here today. The FSR embodies the Reserve Bank’s continuing endeavour to communicate its assessment of the incipient risks to financial sector stability. The FSR was first released in March 2010, followed by December 2010 and June 2011. The FSR holistically assesses soft spots in India’s financial sector from a syste

The Reserve Bank of India presented its assessment of the health of India’s financial sector in its Financial Stability Report (FSR), released here today. The report reflects the Reserve Bank’s continuing endeavour to communicate its assessment of the incipient risks to financial sector stability. The first FSR was released in March 2010 and the second in December 2010. Going forward, FSRs will be released bi-annually in June and December every year. As in the case of

The Reserve Bank of India presented its assessment of the health of India’s financial sector in the second Financial Stability Report (FSR), released here today. The report reflects the Reserve Bank’s continuing endeavour to communicate its assessment of the incipient risks to financial sector stability. The first FSR was released in March 2010. The second FSR holistically assesses, from a systemic risk perspective, disparate elements of the financial sector eco-struc

As announced in the Annual Policy Statement of April, 2009 the Reserve Bank of India established a Financial Stability Unit in August, 2009. The Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy in October, 2009 made specific mention of a periodic Financial Stability Report (FSR) for India to enhance transparency and augment confidence in the financial system. The Financial Stability Report (FSR) published today is the first of these reports and is an attempt at institutionali