Repo Rate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has kept policy rates unchanged in its Mid Quarter Review of Monetary Policy announced today. The repo rate (the rate at which RBI lends money to banks) remains unchanged at 8.5%. The Reverse Repo Rate (rate at which RBI borrows money from banks) also will remain unchanged at 7.5% and the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate at 9.5%. Full Article

On the basis of the current macroeconomic assessment, it has been decided to: * keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 6 per cent; and * keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 8.5 per cent. Full Article

At the outset, on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India, I want to welcome all of you to this Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy for 2011-12. 2. Earlier this morning, we put out the monetary policy measures accompanying this Review. Based on an assessment of the current macroeconomic situation, we have decided to: [...] Full Article

The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that the today’s monetary policy announcement by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would help in getting us back to a more comfortable inflation situation soon while leaving scope for growth to pick up in the second half of current fiscal year. The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee was responding to the RBI today’s announcement vide which it has increased the policy repo rate by 25 basis points from existing 8.25% to .. Full Article

FMD.MOAG. No.63/01.01.01/2011-12 - RBI increases Repo and Reverse Repo and Marginal Standing Facility Rates by 0.25 percent to 8.25, 7.25 and 9.25 per cent respectively. Full Article

The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s today’s step is consistent with its monetary stance for the first half of 2011-12 and the overall concerns on growth sustainability in the medium-term. He said that he is hopeful that measure taken would get us back to a more comfortable inflation situation earlier rather than later, while leaving scope for growth to pick-up in the second half of the year. Full Article

RBI has been increasing policy rates to contain inflation and inflationary expectation to prevent the economy from getting overheated. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the policy rate (the repo rate) eleven times by a cumulative 325 basis points (bps) since October 2009. Full Article

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the repo and reverse repo rates from time to time to contain inflation and anchor inflationary expectations. The following table captures the movement in repo and reverse repo rate since April 2010: Full Article