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Ease of compliance: RBI scraps 5,673 circulars; issues 244 master directions to streamline rules

The Reserve Bank on Friday completed a nearly six-month regulatory consolidation, repealing 5,673 obsolete circulars and subsuming over 3,800 into 244 function-wise master directions (MDs), the central bank said.In all, 9,446 circulars have been repealed, subsumed or withdrawn as part of the exercise, Deputy Governor S C Murmu said, describing the review as a “mammoth…

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Shutdown fallout: US scraps October inflation and jobs figures after data-gathering halt; gaps cloud Fed’s December decision

File photo (Picture credit: AP) The US government will not release official inflation or jobs figures for October after the record-long shutdown prevented statisticians from gathering essential data, leaving the Federal Reserve without two major indicators ahead of its December policy meeting.The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) confirmed on Friday that the October consumer price…

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Data blackout: US scraps October CPI report after govt shutdown; Fed left without key data ahead of policy meet

The US government will not publish consumer inflation data for October after a 43-day federal shutdown disrupted data collection, intensifying uncertainty ahead of the Federal Reserve’s December policy meeting.The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said it “is unable to retroactively collect” consumer price data for October and will not release the report originally scheduled for…

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Andhra scraps irrigation plan Telangana opposed | India News

VIJAYAWADA: The Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh government has scrapped the contentious Polavaram-Banakacherla irrigation project, which neighbouring Telangana has been opposing, and is planning a new one by utilising Godavari’s surplus water to make Rayalaseema region drought-free, reports Samdani MN. The Revanth Reddy-led Congress govt in Telangana has claimed the Banakacherla project would deprive it of…

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Gold prices: China scraps full VAT offset for retailers; jewellery stocks plunge as bullion holds near $4,000

Gold stayed close to the $4,000-an-ounce mark on Monday, recovering from early losses after China moved to limit a tax rebate that has long benefited the country’s retailers and jewellery makers. The metal initially slipped by as much as 1% in Asian trading, but later regained ground, with bullion for immediate delivery up 0.2%, according…

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