What is capital account convertibility (CAC)?
Capital Account Convertibility means that the currency of a country can be converted into foreign exchange without any controls or restrictions. The Report of the Tarapore Committee on Capital Account Convertibility (1997) provided the following working definition of CAC: “freedom to convert local financial assets into foreign financial assets and vice versa at market determined…
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Activities of Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) was set up in 1930 with its head office in Basel, Switzerland and two representative offices in Hong Kong SAR and in Mexico City. The above organisation is owned by 60 central banks, representing several countries around the world that account for about 95% of world GDP. The aim…
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Health Insurance policy for Bank employees/Officers 2018-19
IBA has advised all banks to renew the Medical Insurance Policy for in-service employees /Officers based on a revised quotation received from UIIC for the period 1.10.2018 to 30.09.2018 Premium payable on Policy for each in-service employees will be as under Premium Amount:Rs.11613 Plus GST:Rs.2090 Total: Rs.13703 Premium payable on Policy for each in-service officers…
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Interest rates on Small Savings Scheme (October -December 2018)
The Finance Ministry in its notification had communicated that the rates of interest on various small savings schemes for the Third quarter of the financial year 2018-19 starting October 1 and ending on December31, 2018. There is an increase of 30 to 40 basis in interest rates on various schemes compared to previous quarter. The…
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What is a Balance of trade?
Balance of trade is just a smaller part of balance of payments. Balance of payments is a statement which summarizes the balance of trade, the balance of services, balance of unilateral transfers, and balance of payment on capital account. The idea behind the balance of payment is to see whether export of goods of a…
What is Balance of Payments (BOP)?
The term balance of payments (BOP) imply that the balance of all financial exchanges between one country and another country of the rest of the world, made up of the current account (visible and invisible trade) and capital account (capital movement) and financial transfers excluding Central Bank’s reserve. If the inward supply of funds such…
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