Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Friday maintained policy interest rates and its monetary stance for the seventh straight review meeting citing an uncertain food prices trajectory and the elbow room provided by robust economic growth, thus pushing back the start of a much-anticipated rate easing cycle while extending a status quo to at … Read more
Durable, high GDP growth requires inflation to be under control but real interest rates above 2% may not be sustainable when it comes to supporting the growth needs of the Indian economy, said Shashanka Bhide, member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India. If one goes by the MPC’s projection of … Read more
Mumbai: The Monetary Policy Committee has not officially raised interest rates for a year, but its novel stance of “focussing on withdrawal of accommodation” has led to much tighter financial conditions than the traditional rate hike stance of “calibrated tightening”, effectively delivering a rate hike without touching the policy rate. An analysis of the weighted … Read more
Mumbai: RBI is likely to keep interest rates unchanged after its monetary policy review this week as it battles inflation, said respondents in an ET poll, but some of them said a fiscally prudent interim budget and signs of global monetary easing may prompt the central bank to soften its communication on tight liquidity conditions … Read more
Mumbai: RBI is likely to keep interest rates unchanged after its monetary policy review this week as it battles inflation, said respondents in an ET poll, but some of them said a fiscally prudent interim budget and signs of global monetary easing may prompt the central bank to soften its communication on tight liquidity conditions … Read more
For five consecutive policy reviews in 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chose to hold rates, citing inflation threat. And when the prices did cool off a bit, it reminded all about the target to get the headline consumer price inflation at 4 per cent and the risks from food inflation. Heading into the … Read more
