News From Press Time to invest in long-term debt funds, say experts as RBI keeps interest rates steady

Time to invest in long-term debt funds, say experts as RBI keeps interest rates steady

Source: Moneycontrol Dec 9, 2023

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on December 8, decided to leave the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent for the fifth time in a row. Experts say that this is good news for debt funds. As and when interest rates start to go down - which many experts say would begin in the middle of 2024- debt funds’ net asset value (NAV) would go up. Interest rates and prices of debt securities move in opposite directions. A fall in interest rates pushes up the prices of debt securities and thereby, the NAVs of debt funds.

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