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Despite RBI's bazooka, Indian bond market still wants more

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The Reserve Bank of India delivered an emergency rate cut and pledged $50 billion of liquidity infusion on Friday. Now traders want it to join other central banks in unleashing a massive-bond buying program.

Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Plc are among those who see the RBI taking the next step of buying debt from the market, or the government, a measure the central bank last resorted to in the early 2000s.

Investors are counting on RBI support as fears grow that the government will add to its record borrowings to help fund a 1.7-trillion rupee ($22.6 billion) package countering the coronavirus pandemic.

More spending may be needed, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman indicated when she announced the stimulus on Thursday. “An important

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