Growth to pick up in coming quarters on govt capex, says MPC member Nagesh Kumar
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Growth to pick up in coming quarters on govt capex, says MPC member Nagesh Kumar

Live Mint  

Mumbai: India’s economic growth is expected to pick up in the coming two quarters with an increase in government spending, even as private investment lags, according to Monetary Policy Committee member Nagesh Kumar. Kumar was one of the two external members of the Reserve Bank of India’s MPC who had voted for a 25-basis-point rate cut to help revive growth, which according to him has seen a serious decline and warrants immediate policy attention. Explaining this in detail, Kumar told Mint in an emailed interview that the sharp slowdown in the GDP growth to 5.4% in the second quarter ended September was transient. With the appointment of the new RBI Governor, a deputy governor in place of Michael Patra next month and new external members, the MPC’s next policy meeting in February will be keenly watched.

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Policymakers, economists pin hopes on government spending to propel economic recovery amid sluggish growth
5 hours, 9 minutes ago

Policymakers, economists pin hopes on government spending to propel economic recovery amid sluggish growth

Live Mint  

After two consecutive quarters of sluggish economic growth, policymakers and economists are banking on a turnaround in the second half of the fiscal year, driven by increased government spending, a boost from the ongoing festive season, and resilient rural consumption. Economists note that while India is expected to retain its status as the fastest-growing major economy over the next five …

Will India's economic growth pick up pace? Nirmala Sitharaman answers
1 week ago

Will India's economic growth pick up pace? Nirmala Sitharaman answers

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India’s economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters despite the lower-than-expected GDP numbers for the second quarter. India’s GDP growth for the July-September quarter fell sharply to 5.4% from 6.7% in the previous quarter, marking an 18-month low, as per data released by the National Statistics Office in November. However, …

Growth slowdown: Why lay a deeper economic malaise at RBI’s door?
1 week, 1 day ago

Growth slowdown: Why lay a deeper economic malaise at RBI’s door?

Live Mint  

Chapter 16 in the Book of Leviticus, Old Testament, enjoins Aaron to organize sacrifices and expiate the sins of all Israelites. Various ministers, government officials and sundry industry representatives have been hinting at RBI culpability in India’s economic slowdown and have called upon its monetary policy committee to cut rates in support of growth. The debate began with this year’s …

​Staying the course: On the RBI and inflation
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

​Staying the course: On the RBI and inflation

The Hindu  

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee, in its latest bi-monthly review, has decided to maintain status quo on the benchmark interest rate of 6.50% for the eleventh consecutive time. India’s retail inflation, after trending below the median 4% target, for the first time in five years, for two months, spiked over September and October, with food prices leading …

RBI cuts GDP growth projection to 6.6%, repo rate unchanged at 6.5%
2 weeks, 3 days ago

RBI cuts GDP growth projection to 6.6%, repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

Deccan Chronicle  

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the 11th time in a row but sharply lowered the GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent for the current fiscal, as against earlier projection of 7.2 per cent.The Reserve Bank of India maintained the status quo on interest rate despite July-September quarter GDP growth …

RBI MPC verdict today: Repo rate to GDP, inflation forecasts— here are 5 key indicators to watch
2 weeks, 4 days ago

RBI MPC verdict today: Repo rate to GDP, inflation forecasts— here are 5 key indicators to watch

Live Mint  

RBI MPC Meeting: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das will unveil the fifth monetary policy of the current financial year 2024-25 on Friday, December 6, after a two-day review meeting amid recent worrying prints of headline inflation and gross domestic product. “However, with the GDP growth print sharply undershooting the MPC's expectations, a February 2025 rate cut may be …

RBI keeps key lending rate unchanged at 6.5%, focus remains on tackling inflation
2 weeks, 4 days ago

RBI keeps key lending rate unchanged at 6.5%, focus remains on tackling inflation

India Today  

The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee has decided to maintain the status quo on key interest rates for the 11th consecutive time. Consequently, the standing deposit facility stands at 6.25%, and the marginal standing facility and the bank rate at 6.75%," announced RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das during the policy statement. "Tackling inflation is critical because high inflation reduces …

RBI MPC meet: Growth needs a boost, but will inflation hold back rate cut?
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

RBI MPC meet: Growth needs a boost, but will inflation hold back rate cut?

India Today  

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee began its three-day meeting on Wednesday, setting the stage for a critical decision on the repo rate, which will be announced on December 6 at 10 AM. The meeting takes place amid growing calls from experts and leaders for a rate cut to support India’s slowing economic growth. Piyuh Goyal has even …

Monetary policy review: RBI should stick to its price stability mandate
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Monetary policy review: RBI should stick to its price stability mandate

Live Mint  

One of the lingering effects of covid—‘long covid’—is that economic growth has begun to look a bit like the Sensex, albeit in slow motion. So, last fiscal year’s growth looked rosy in large part because growth in 2022-23 had flagged since 2021-22, when it was 9.7% but on a covid-shrunken GDP base of 2020-21. As the US Fed and major …

RBI MPC to start today: Will there be a rate cut? 3 things to know
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

RBI MPC to start today: Will there be a rate cut? 3 things to know

India Today  

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee begins its three-day meeting today. The Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rate steady at 6.5% for the last nine policy meetings, and it appears likely to maintain this position in the upcoming MPC announcement as well. The RBI may opt for easing liquidity by announcing a 50-basis-point CRR cut, …

Is MPC doing enough on inflation? Consumers are divided
3 weeks ago

Is MPC doing enough on inflation? Consumers are divided

Live Mint  

Mumbai: For the past 30 months, the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee has been fighting hard to bring inflation within its medium-term target of 4%. Nearly half of the total respondents surveyed favoured lower inflation and higher interest rates, and only 22% support the reverse. Governor Shaktikanta Das has repeatedly warned since the last policy that cutting rates …

‘Absolutely flawed…’: RBI should boost growth with rate cut, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal; Governor Das responds
1 month, 1 week ago

‘Absolutely flawed…’: RBI should boost growth with rate cut, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal; Governor Das responds

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India should cut the key benchmark interest rates to boost economic growth and look through the food prices while deciding on monetary policy, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said. Growth needs a further impetus,” Piyush Goyal told the news portal, also stating that it's an “absolutely flawed theory” to consider food inflation while …

Govt plans survey of lagging private capex
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Govt plans survey of lagging private capex

Hindustan Times  

The statistics ministry is planning to conduct a survey of private-sector capital investment going into the economy, which has been lagging government capex but is critical for growth and jobs in Asia’s third-largest economy, a senior official has said. Private sector investment has grown at a slower pace, outstripped by government fixed capital formation, a measure of public spending on …

India Ratings jacks up growth forecast to 7.5% this fiscal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

India Ratings jacks up growth forecast to 7.5% this fiscal

New Indian Express  

Citing the ongoing growth momentum led by government capex, deleveraged balance sheets of corporate robust quality banks’ assets, and a likely revival in private corporate capex, India Ratings has upped its growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.5 percent—the highest among all analysts and 30 bps over the Reserve Bank estimate. Pegging higher growth at 7.5 percent for this …

GDP growth to pick up, inflation to ease by H2 FY25
6 months, 3 weeks ago

GDP growth to pick up, inflation to ease by H2 FY25

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: ICRA expects GDP growth to pick up and CPI inflation to ease in the second half of FY25 on expectations of a normal monsoon with limited agro-climatic disruptions. GDP growth is expected to dip to 6.5 per cent in FY2025 from the 7.8 per cent estimated in FY2024 owing to a slowdown in the government’s capex and construction activity …

RBI Monetary Policy | MPC holds rate at 6.5% to tame inflation, FY25 real GDP growth projected at 7%, CPI inflation at 4.5%
8 months, 2 weeks ago

RBI Monetary Policy | MPC holds rate at 6.5% to tame inflation, FY25 real GDP growth projected at 7%, CPI inflation at 4.5%

The Hindu  

April 05, 2024 10:08 am | Updated 12:45 pm IST The Monetary Policy Committee on April 5 decided to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility unchanged at 6.50%. The risks are evenly balanced.” On inflation the Governor said “Two years ago, around this time, when CPI inflation had peaked at 7.8% in April 2022, the elephant …

India’s Investment To GDP Ratio To Touch 36 Per Cent In FY27: Morgan Stanley
9 months ago

India’s Investment To GDP Ratio To Touch 36 Per Cent In FY27: Morgan Stanley

ABP News  

India’s current economic growth journey resembles that of the 2003-07 period, when growth clocked an average of over 8 per cent, economists at Morgan Stanley said. Even when oil prices shot up to $145 per barrel in July 2008, the current account deficit only widened to 2.4 per cent of GDP the following quarter,” the report noted. Now that corporate …

Central bank work on lowering prices in delicate balance
10 months ago

Central bank work on lowering prices in delicate balance

New Indian Express  

The Reserve Bank of India appears to be in its final leg of bringing inflation to heel. Though headline inflation is showing steady signs of easing, the central bank’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee is steadfast on retaining repo rate at 6.5 percent as any “premature move may undermine the success achieved so far”. As we navigate the ‘last mile’ of …

Need to be vigilant on inflation front: MPC minutes
10 months ago

Need to be vigilant on inflation front: MPC minutes

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A majority of members of the monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India remained focused on risk of inflation in future and favoured status quo on rate cut. Five out of six members of the MPC voted to keep policy rates unchanged due to uncertainty in inflation over food prices, as per the Minutes of MPC. …

Corporate sector capex to fuel economic growth: RBI
10 months ago

Corporate sector capex to fuel economic growth: RBI

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India, in its February bulletin, on Tuesday said the fresh round of capex by corporate sector would likely fuel the next leg of economic growth. As per the apex bank, notable fixed asset growth is seen in oil, gas, and chemicals, while sectors like steel and automobiles lag in fixed asset additions despite strong …

DC Edit | RBI is right to be cautious
10 months, 2 weeks ago

DC Edit | RBI is right to be cautious

Deccan Chronicle  

A cautious Monetary Policy Committee has once again decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent in view of global uncertainty and moderately high inflation. With the projection of a decently high economic growth rate of seven per cent, RBI’s focus remains squarely on bringing down inflation to its target of four per cent. The rate cut …

RBI pegs FY'25 GDP growth at 7% on improved consumption demand, private capex spends
10 months, 2 weeks ago

RBI pegs FY'25 GDP growth at 7% on improved consumption demand, private capex spends

The Hindu  

The Reserve Bank of India on February 8 projected GDP growth for the next financial year at 7% on the back of improved household consumption and upturn in private capex cycle. In its Monetary Policy Statement, 2023-24, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the recovery in rabi sowing, sustained profitability in manufacturing and underlying resilience of services should support economic activity …

After many difficult quarters economic scenario turning more benign in terms of inflation, growth: MPC’s Varma
1 year ago

After many difficult quarters economic scenario turning more benign in terms of inflation, growth: MPC’s Varma

The Hindu  

Containing inflation and reviving growth remained the key concerns among Monetary Policy Committee members as evident in the minutes of the last meeting released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. “Current indications are that, after many difficult quarters, the economic environment is turning more benign in terms of both inflation and growth,” observed MPC member Jayant Varma. “The …

MPC minutes: Inflation outlook clouded by food prices, weather shocks, says RBI Guv
1 year ago

MPC minutes: Inflation outlook clouded by food prices, weather shocks, says RBI Guv

Hindustan Times  

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das, in the December’s monetary policy meet, said that there is uncertain inflation outlook due to volatile food prices and weather shocks, according to minutes of the meeting released on Friday. During the monetary policy committee meeting held between December 6 to 8, all members — Shashanka Bhide, Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R. Varma, Rajiv …

RBI’s MPC may rejig growth, inflation math
1 year ago

RBI’s MPC may rejig growth, inflation math

The Hindu  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das, who will outline the Monetary Policy Committee’s decisions on Friday, is expected to convey a continuation of the central bank’s hawkish stance with a pause on interest rates, but may reset growth and inflation projections for 2023-24 in view of the second quarter growth numbers and food inflation worries. The RBI had forecast …

India’s Q2 GDP growth beats estimates at 7.6%
1 year ago

India’s Q2 GDP growth beats estimates at 7.6%

Hindustan Times  

India’s economy grew 7.6% in the second quarter of the year, exceeding analyst expectations comfortably on the back of higher government spending and a strong performance by the manufacturing and construction sectors. India’s Q2 GDP growth beats estimates at 7.6% {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “The GDP growth numbers for Q2 display the resilience and strength of the Indian economy in …

Growth getting stronger foothold, inflation coming under control, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
1 year, 1 month ago

Growth getting stronger foothold, inflation coming under control, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

The Hindu  

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on November 9 said economic growth in India is getting stronger foothold while inflation is also coming under control driven by the inherent dynamism and a prudent policy mix. Driven by its inherent dynamism and supported by a prudent policy mix, growth is getting stronger foothold while inflation is also coming under control," the governor …

RBI MPC Meet Next Week: The Dilemma Between Growth and Inflation
1 year, 2 months ago

RBI MPC Meet Next Week: The Dilemma Between Growth and Inflation

News 18  

Written By Srikanth Subramanian: The RBI MPC is set to come out with its interest rate decision on October 6. Inflation in August remained beyond the RBI’s upper tolerance limit at 6.83 per cent, but significantly lower than its peak of 7.44 per cent in July. Core CPI, excluding food and fuel items, remained largely unchanged at 4.8 per cent …

RBI MPC Meeting August 2023. Full text of RBI Governor’s address
1 year, 4 months ago

RBI MPC Meeting August 2023. Full text of RBI Governor’s address

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India has left the key interest rate unchanged for a third straight meeting on Thursday during the bi-monthly MPC meeting. Headline inflation, after reaching a low of 4.3 per cent in May 2023, rose in June and is expected to surge during July-August led by vegetable prices. Consequently, the MPC decided to keep the policy repo …

’India’s April-June 2024 GDP growth seen at 6.6%’: RBI Governor Das
1 year, 4 months ago

’India’s April-June 2024 GDP growth seen at 6.6%’: RBI Governor Das

Live Mint  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said that India is contributing approximately 15% to global growth, leading to the country's strong macroeconomic fundamentals and growth. During the MPC meeting today, Das said that the GDP growth forecast for April-June 2024 is pegged at 6.6%. Announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary Policy …

CPI Inflation Again Above 6%: Will RBI MPC Pause Repo Rate Hikes in April?
1 year, 10 months ago

CPI Inflation Again Above 6%: Will RBI MPC Pause Repo Rate Hikes in April?

News 18  

Even as the retail inflation in January 2023 has jumped to a three-month high of 6.52 per cent after remaining under the RBI’s comfort zone for two consecutive months, experts said the RBI MPC is now unlikely to pause the repo rate hikes. Aditi Nayar, chief economist and head at ICRA, said, “The Consumer Price Index -based inflation recorded a …

India’s economic growth ’extremely fragile’, needs all support: RBI MPC member
2 years ago

India’s economic growth ’extremely fragile’, needs all support: RBI MPC member

Live Mint  

India's economic growth is now 'extremely fragile' and needs all the support that it can get, as private consumption and capital investment are yet to pick up, said RBI Monetary Policy Committee member Jayanth R Varma on Friday. He said that exports and government spending supported the Indian economy through the pandemic, and now other engines of growth, i.e, private …

EMIs to rise as RBI hikes interest rate again albeit at a slower pace
2 years ago

EMIs to rise as RBI hikes interest rate again albeit at a slower pace

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI: The RBI on Wednesday expectedly slowed the pace of increase in borrowing costs in signs that rates may be nearing the peak, even as it reiterated its resolve to fight inflation that has stayed above the comfort zone for 10 straight months. The monetary policy committee, comprising three members from the RBI and three external members, raised the key …

Coordinated policy efforts are required to check high inflation rate: RBI MPC member
2 years, 1 month ago

Coordinated policy efforts are required to check high inflation rate: RBI MPC member

India TV News  

Inflation Issue: RBI Monetary Policy Committee member Shashanka Bhide on Friday batted for coordinated policy efforts to address the issue of the high inflation rate. Monetary policy tightening aims to bring down the inflationary pressures Bhide said the monetary policy tightening by the RBI aims to bring down the inflationary pressures as high inflation adversely affects consumption and investment demand. …

Inflation rises to 7 pc in August; RBI may hike interest rate again later this month
2 years, 3 months ago

Inflation rises to 7 pc in August; RBI may hike interest rate again later this month

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: After declining for three months, retail inflation rose to 7 per cent in August due to higher food prices which may prompt the Reserve Bank of India to go for another rate hike later this month to tame price rise. The Consumer Price Index based inflation, which is factored in by RBI while deciding the monetary policy, has …

RBI MPC: High Inflation, Slow Growth; Know What Challenges RBI Monetary Policy Panel Faces
2 years, 6 months ago

RBI MPC: High Inflation, Slow Growth; Know What Challenges RBI Monetary Policy Panel Faces

News 18  

As inflation in India is hovering at a high level and GDP growth has slowed in the March 2022 quarter as compared to the preceding quarter, the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee will again have the challenge to control the rate of price rise in the country without hurting growth. However, retail inflation in April also stood at an eight-year high …

Inflation, the key challenge
2 years, 7 months ago

Inflation, the key challenge

Hindustan Times  

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das surprised everyone when he said that the Monetary Policy Committee of the central bank convened an unscheduled meeting between May 2 and 4, and decided to hike the policy rate by 40 basis points and the Cash Reserve Ratio by 50 basis points. PREMIUM Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das digitally delivers …

Survey projects 8-8.5 per cent growth in GDP next fiscal; by 9.2 % cent this year
2 years, 10 months ago

Survey projects 8-8.5 per cent growth in GDP next fiscal; by 9.2 % cent this year

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With a gradual recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian economy is likely to grow with a ray of optimism on demand and consumption growth in the coming fiscal year, though there are some concerns over the implications of hardening inflation and oil prices. The agriculture sector has been the least impacted by the Covid-19 …

Ex RBI Deputy Governor Says Need to Focus on Inflation Over Growth at Next Policy Review Meet
4 years, 4 months ago

Ex RBI Deputy Governor Says Need to Focus on Inflation Over Growth at Next Policy Review Meet

News 18  

Former RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya on Saturday said inflation is higher than expected and the rate-setting panel should "respect" its core mandate of controlling price rise at the next week's policy review meet. The comments come even as there is an increased clamour for further rate cuts to aid the economic recovery, even as headline inflation has breached the …

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