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Explainers

Short dual-layer primers that teach the mechanism without the tip-sheet theater.

explainers

RBI's rate hike, explained: how a repo move reaches your loan EMI and your FD

The repo rate is not your loan rate, but your loan rate is built on top of it. Here is the plumbing from RBI's 7 October decision to your home-loan EMI and your fixed deposit, with the arithmetic worked through on an illustrative ₹50 lakh loan.

60-sec + analysis~5 minRead →

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The boring rate under every asset price just got impossible to ignore

Before the stock story, ask what happened to the discount rate sitting under the whole market.

60-sec + analysis~4 minRead →

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Liquidity vs solvency: two different ways a firm can break

Short of cash this month is not the same as owing more than you own. Both hurt; the fixes differ.

60-sec + analysis~3 minRead →