Tackling Inflation Is RBI's Top Priority, Trying Not To Hurt Growth, Says Shaktikanta Das
2 years, 3 months ago

Tackling Inflation Is RBI's Top Priority, Trying Not To Hurt Growth, Says Shaktikanta Das

News 18  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said tackling inflation is the central bank’s top priority and the RBI will try to minimise its impact on growth. India’s GDP rose 13.5 per cent in the June 2022 quarter. However, the Q1FY23 growth fell short of the RBI’s projection of 16.2 per cent. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee hiked the key repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4 per cent in early August.

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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 …

Why RBI is central to the country’s economy
1 week, 2 days ago

Why RBI is central to the country’s economy

New Indian Express  

The art of setting interest rates Maintaining macroeconomic stability and financial stability is the holy grail of any central bank. The pursuit of sustainable growth and low and stable inflation have been fundamental to central banking activities since the early 19th century, though financial stability got equal prominence, thanks to black swan events like the Great Depression of 1930s and …

DC Edit | FM, new RBI chief signal cut
1 week, 4 days ago

DC Edit | FM, new RBI chief signal cut

Deccan Chronicle  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that inflation is a major challenge faced by countries around the world and that no country can solve it alone appears to have set an agenda for new RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra, who took charge a few hours before she made this statement. During the tenure of Shaktikanta Das, the RBI remained squarely focused on …

Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November from above 6% in October
1 week, 5 days ago

Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November from above 6% in October

India Today  

India's retail inflation cooled to 5.48% in November, slipping below the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance band of 6% after breaching it in October. "High inflation reduces the disposable income in the hands of consumers," Das noted, adding that food inflation could stay elevated through the third quarter of FY25 before easing. Expected revisions could lower food’s weightage by …

Inflation likely eased to 5.5% in November: Mint poll
1 week, 5 days ago

Inflation likely eased to 5.5% in November: Mint poll

Live Mint  

India’s retail inflation is expected to have eased to 5.5% in November from 6.2% the previous month, driven by a seasonal decline in vegetable prices, according to a Mint poll of 16 economists. Even if inflation moderated in November, it would still have exceeded the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4% in all but two months since September …

DC Edit | Will RBI tweak inflation focus?
1 week, 6 days ago

DC Edit | Will RBI tweak inflation focus?

Deccan Chronicle  

The appointment of Sanjay Malhotra as the new RBI governor continues the long-standing tradition of IAS officers heading the Central bank, a quasi-autonomous body that decides the country’s monetary policy. Mr Malhotra took over the charge of RBI from Shaktikanta Das — the second longest serving governor after Sir Benegal Rama Rau’s stint of seven years and 197 days — …

New RBI guv must keep macro picture in sight
1 week, 6 days ago

New RBI guv must keep macro picture in sight

Hindustan Times  

The Reserve Bank of India is one of India’s most illustrious institutions. In 2016, the Centre added another mandate to RBI’s responsibilities, controlling inflation in the economy. India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS The change of guard in Mint Street, with Sanjay Malhotra replacing incumbent Shaktikanta Das, comes at a point where the central bank has been steadfastly holding interest …

​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 Monetary Policy: Inflation remains a concern; FY25 growth estimates trimmed-5 key highlights from RBI MPC outcome
2 weeks, 3 days ago

RBI Monetary Policy: Inflation remains a concern; FY25 growth estimates trimmed-5 key highlights from RBI MPC outcome

Live Mint  

RBI Monetary Policy: Highlighting sticky inflation and its impact on economic growth and consumers, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das announced a status quo on the repo rate and policy stance on Friday, December 6. The Monetary Policy Committee of the central bank, by a majority of 4:2, decided to keep the repo rate at 6.50 per cent for …

RBI governor refuses to pay heed to Finance Minister, says GDP shocker is behind us
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

RBI governor refuses to pay heed to Finance Minister, says GDP shocker is behind us

New Indian Express  

The RBI on Friday refused to change its mind about interest rates despite economic growth hard landing in Q2, FY25. In fact, in his very opening remarks, Governor Shaktikanta Das sort of vowed to protect peace with blood reminding about the central bank's price stability mandate and its commitment to the flexible inflation target comes before everything else. The six-member …

RBI must restore balance between inflation, growth
2 weeks, 4 days ago

RBI must restore balance between inflation, growth

New Indian Express  

Despite the disappointing slump in economic growth, the RBI on Friday left the benchmark policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent amid inflationary pressures. Maintaining a firm stance on inflation control, Governor Shaktikanta Das stressed that the central bank needed “more credible evidence” on the disinflationary process, which he said was getting prolonged and arduous. As Das rightly noted, there …

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 must restore balance between inflation, growth
2 weeks, 4 days ago

RBI must restore balance between inflation, growth

New Indian Express  

Despite the disappointing slump in economic growth, the RBI on Friday left the benchmark policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent amid inflationary pressures. Maintaining a firm stance on inflation control, Governor Shaktikanta Das stressed that the central bank needed “more credible evidence” on the disinflationary process, which he said was getting prolonged and arduous. As Das rightly noted, there …

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, 5 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: FX, not inflation, curbing degrees of policy freedom
2 weeks, 6 days ago

RBI MPC: FX, not inflation, curbing degrees of policy freedom

Live Mint  

After the recent GDP shocker, speculation is rife regarding a “policy action" in the December monetary policy meeting. Hence, we believe that in an increasingly volatile world, degrees of freedom for the RBI's monetary policy committee to ease policy to support growth would be constrained more by foreign exchange movements rather than inflation. While bond markets now anticipate rate cuts …

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 …

RBI Likely To Hold Interest Rates Amid Inflation Surge; Economists Push Rate Cut Forecast To February
3 weeks, 4 days ago

RBI Likely To Hold Interest Rates Amid Inflation Surge; Economists Push Rate Cut Forecast To February

ABP News  

The Reserve Bank of India is expected to maintain its key policy rate at 6.50 per cent during its upcoming December 4-6 meeting, according to a Reuters poll. A sharp rise in inflation, driven by soaring food prices, has led several economists to revise their forecasts for the first rate cut in the cycle from December to February. RBI Governor …

Ajit Ranade: Inflation control holds primacy as an objective for RBI
4 weeks ago

Ajit Ranade: Inflation control holds primacy as an objective for RBI

Live Mint  

Not too long ago, a governor of the Reserve Bank of India said that his main job was to protect the value of your money. In this policy framework, called flexible inflation targeting, RBI had a mandate and a numerical target of an inflation band given by the government. And should not the numerical target of inflation exclude food and …

Unchecked 'sticker shock' from inflation can hurt manufacturing and economy, RBI says
1 month ago

Unchecked 'sticker shock' from inflation can hurt manufacturing and economy, RBI says

Hindustan Times  

The Reserve Bank of India said if inflation is allowed to run unchecked, it can undermine the prospects of India's economy, especially for industry and exports. The Reserve Bank of India seal is pictured on a gate outside the RBI headquarters in Mumbai, India, February 2, 2016 This comes after the headline consumer price index inflation rose above the upper …

India’s central bank should adhere to its inflation-targeting mandate
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1 month ago

India’s central bank should adhere to its inflation-targeting mandate

Live Mint  

Less than four years after the government concluded its review of India’s inflation-targeting regime in April 2021 and opted to keep both its target and nitty-gritty—its target range, indicator, etc—unchanged, its view of inflation targeting seems to be shifting. After commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and then finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman called for lower interest rates, on Tuesday chief …

Inflation behaving more like a magician who tricks you again and again
1 month ago

Inflation behaving more like a magician who tricks you again and again

New Indian Express  

The main culprit is food inflation, which jumped to 10.87%, largely led by vegetable prices that rose by a staggering 42.18% in October. As Deputy governor Michael Patra noted, inflation will likely encounter a hump in the near months largely due to an adverse base and one-off shocks to prices of vegetables, edible oils and gram. The fact that inflation …

Mint Quick Edit | Inflation above 6%: There goes a December rate cut
1 month, 1 week ago

Mint Quick Edit | Inflation above 6%: There goes a December rate cut

Live Mint  

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das’s warning of inflation rising sharply in October has turned out prescient. With the headline reading now above RBI’s 6% upper tolerance limit, the odds of a rate cut in the monetary policy committee’s December meeting look bleak. Though the rate-setting panel recently shifted its monetary policy stance to neutral, it wouldn’t want inflationary …

Can October CPI inflation numbers alter RBI’s monetary policy path?
1 month, 1 week ago

Can October CPI inflation numbers alter RBI’s monetary policy path?

Live Mint  

October CPI inflation: The spectre of inflation continues haunting investors as economists and experts expect India's Consumer Price Index -based inflation, also known as retail inflation, to inch closer to the RBI's upper tolerance band of 6 per cent. According to a Reuters poll of economists, a spike in vegetable and edible oil prices may have shot up India's CPI …

India's Economy Shows Satisfactory Performance in First Half of FY25, But Risks from Geopolitical Conflicts and Global Factors
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India's Economy Shows Satisfactory Performance in First Half of FY25, But Risks from Geopolitical Conflicts and Global Factors

Hindustan Times  

India's economy performed satisfactorily in the first half of the current financial year, according to the finance ministry's monthly economic report released Monday. However, the ministry warned of potential disruptions from geopolitical conflicts, rising geo-economic fragmentation and elevated valuations in financial markets of some advanced economies.

India's Robust Economy Maintains Stability, Sets New Fiscal Deficit Target
2 months ago

India's Robust Economy Maintains Stability, Sets New Fiscal Deficit Target

Hindustan Times  

India successfully kept inflation within manageable limits, achieving the lowest point in its fiscal deficit glide path in the next financial year. The country's robust macroeconomic fundamentals, coupled with strategic focus on strengthening ties with nations that share strategic coherence, played a crucial role in maintaining price stability despite global economic challenges. The focus on debt management and fiscal consolidation …

'We Still Have Distance To Cover', Says RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das Amid Moderate Inflation
3 months, 1 week ago

'We Still Have Distance To Cover', Says RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das Amid Moderate Inflation

News 18  

Inflation in India has moderated but still, there is a distance to cover, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday. “Inflation has moderated from its peak of 7.8% in April 2022 into the tolerance band of +/- 2% around the target of 4%, but we still have a distance to cover and cannot afford to look the other way,” …

Inflation control: India doing better than advanced economies like US and Germany, says SBI report
3 months, 1 week ago

Inflation control: India doing better than advanced economies like US and Germany, says SBI report

Live Mint  

India has shown a largely successful inflation-targeting regime compared to advanced economies like the United States and Germany, reported ANI, quoting a State Bank of India research report. “India had a largely successful inflation targeting regime, compared to advanced economies like the USA and Germany,” as per the report. The SBI report cited government initiatives, Reserve Bank of India measures, …

Avoid haste on shift to core CPI
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Avoid haste on shift to core CPI

Hindustan Times  

Should India’s inflation targeting framework target the headline Consumer Price Index or just its core, namely, the non-food non-fuel part? REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo Inflation targeting, at a theoretical level, is supposed to use interest rates to maintain a healthy balance between inflation and growth. Because inflation targeting is a forward-looking exercise — higher interest rates today are expected to contain …

‘Abandoning RBI’s inflation target regime could be risky, counterproductive’
4 months ago

‘Abandoning RBI’s inflation target regime could be risky, counterproductive’

The Hindu  

The Reserve Bank of India's inflation targeting regime has worked well and need not be abandoned in favour of a more discretionary regime that could be risky and counterproductive, a new research paper has said. The paper titled 'Inflation Targeting In India: A Further Assessment' said the weight of food-price inflation in the CPI inflation basket should be reduced to …

RBI maintains calm against global noise
4 months, 2 weeks ago

RBI maintains calm against global noise

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India’s bi-monthly monetary policy orchestrated on 8th August 2024 ensured that the “elephant” was deep in the forest before changing the policy. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee voted with 4:2 to keep the policy repo rate and stance unchanged at 6.50% and “withdrawal of accommodation” respectively. Like last policy, the two of the external MPC members, …

RBI MPC 2024: RBI can’t ignore food inflation while framing monetary policy: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
4 months, 2 weeks ago

RBI MPC 2024: RBI can’t ignore food inflation while framing monetary policy: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

The Hindu  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said that the central bank can not ignore food inflation while formulating monetary policy. Mr Das said with “high share of food in the consumption basket, food inflation pressures cannot be ignored.” Further, the public at large understands inflation more in terms of food inflation than the other components of headline …

Explained: Why Economic Survey 2024 has taken a cautious stance
5 months ago

Explained: Why Economic Survey 2024 has taken a cautious stance

India Today  

The Economic Survey 2023-24 has adopted a more cautious stance on India’s growth prospects, projecting an expansion of 6.5% to 7% for the fiscal year. Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran highlighted that while the Indian economy remains resilient, it faces potential challenges from geopolitical uncertainties and the risk of cheaper imports that could impact private capital formation. "The Indian …

India’s retail inflation eases to 12-month low of 4.75 per cent in May
6 months, 1 week ago

India’s retail inflation eases to 12-month low of 4.75 per cent in May

India TV News  

Retail inflation: Retail inflation eased to a 12-month low of 4.75 per cent in May as prices of some kitchen items declined marginally, according to government data released on Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index based retail inflation was 4.83 per cent in April 2024 and 4.31 per cent in May 2023. Inflation in the food basket was 8.69 per cent …

Monetary policy: Things to watch out for in the coming months
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Monetary policy: Things to watch out for in the coming months

Live Mint  

In what is expected to be a status quo policy, the main takeaway from the Reserve Bank of India’s June policy will be any signals for the start of the rat-cut cycle. Growth remains steady which will continue helping the RBI to focus on the 4% inflation target. The RBI Monetary Policy Committee goes into the June meeting with global …

DC Edit | Cautious RBI targets inflation
8 months, 2 weeks ago

DC Edit | Cautious RBI targets inflation

Deccan Chronicle  

The Reserve Bank of India-led Monetary Policy Committee has once again kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Retail inflation hovered around 5.1 per cent during January and February 2024, which is a marginal decline from 5.7 per cent in December 2023. Food inflation — which is the most important focus area for the world’s populous country …

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 …

RBI pegs FY25 growth at 7%, inflation at 4.5%
10 months, 2 weeks ago

RBI pegs FY25 growth at 7%, inflation at 4.5%

Hindustan Times  

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the sixth time in a row, citing global uncertainty and the need to bring down retail inflation to 4 %, and said that it expects GDP growth in the next financial year to be at 7%. “Monetary policy must continue to be actively disinflationary to …

Inflation moderating, moving towards 4 per cent target: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
11 months, 1 week ago

Inflation moderating, moving towards 4 per cent target: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

India TV News  

Reserve Bank of India Chief Shaktikanta Das said that inflation in India is moderating and steadily approaching the central bank's target of 4 per cent, while growth prospects for the country remain robust. Speaking at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Das mentioned that inflation is within the range of 2 per cent to 6 per cent, with …

What is good for another market need not be good for us: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
11 months, 1 week ago

What is good for another market need not be good for us: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

India TV News  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the central bank will not follow other countries in regulating cryptocurrencies, emphasising that decisions taken in other markets may not necessarily be suitable for India. "What is good for another market need not be good for us. Therefore our views—both that of the Reserve Bank and personally that of mine—remain 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 retains policy rate, ups growth projection
1 year ago

RBI retains policy rate, ups growth projection

Hindustan Times  

The Reserve Bank of India’s last monetary policy of the calendar struck a happy note by increasing its growth forecast to 7% even as it signalled that it is completely in control of the inflation side of the growth-inflation balance it is expected to manage. “The summer of 2022 is behind us,” Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das said …

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 …

RBI’s December policy review: Status quo to continue
1 year ago

RBI’s December policy review: Status quo to continue

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India is likely to hold the key interest rates in its December monetary policy review and continue with its emphasis on containing inflation, which has shown encouraging trends the past two months. Given the likely status quo, the market will instead closely track the narrative from RBI’s monetary policy committee for direction on rates and liquidity …

Inflation preview: India’s CPI expected to be around 4.6-4.9% in October
1 year, 1 month ago

Inflation preview: India’s CPI expected to be around 4.6-4.9% in October

Live Mint  

Thanks to easing food inflation, India's October retail inflation, or consumer price index -based inflation, is expected to come in the range of 4.6-4.9 per cent. According to a Mint poll of 17 economists, India’s retail inflation likely cooled to 4.8 per cent in October from 5 per cent in September. Rahul Bajoria, MD & Head of EM Asia Economics, …

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 …

Tightrope walk: The Hindu Editorial on RBI holding rates
1 year, 2 months ago

Tightrope walk: The Hindu Editorial on RBI holding rates

The Hindu  

The decision of the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee to leave interest rates unchanged even as the central bank warned of the major risk that ‘high inflation’ poses to macroeconomic stability is a clear sign that monetary authorities find themselves caught in a cleft stick. After a relatively benign first quarter, when headline retail inflation averaged 4.63% as against the RBI’s …

RBI flags high inflation as key risk to macroeconomic stability, vows to bring inflation to 4% after status quo on rates
1 year, 2 months ago

RBI flags high inflation as key risk to macroeconomic stability, vows to bring inflation to 4% after status quo on rates

The Hindu  

The Reserve Bank of India views ‘high inflation as a major risk to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth’, and accordingly monetary policy has been resolutely focused on aligning inflation to the 4% target on a durable basis, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday as he announced the Monetary Policy Committee’s unanimous decision to keep the policy repo rate unchanged …

RBI Monetary Policy Today: Here’s what D-Street expects amid global headwinds
1 year, 2 months ago

RBI Monetary Policy Today: Here’s what D-Street expects amid global headwinds

Live Mint  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das will unveil its fourth monetary policy decision of fiscal 2023-24 today after a two-day review that began earlier this week. Majority of economists estimate that the RBI would keep its key repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent at the conclusion of the MPC meeting, with only a few expecting a 25 basis …

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 …

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