Fema / RBI : RBI cuts repo rate to 6.25%, revises GDP and inflation forecasts, introduces forward contracts in G-Secs, enhances cybersecurity, ...
Fema / RBI : RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5% and revises inflation outlook. New regulations focus on responsible lending, UPI limits, and...
CA, CS, CMA : The week ending 18 August 2024 saw notable regulatory updates across various domains. In Income Tax, exemptions were granted to th...
CA, CS, CMA : Highlights from August 5-11, 2024: Income Tax exemptions, GST updates, SEBI guidelines, and RBI monetary policy changes....
Fema / RBI : RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, projects 7.2% GDP growth for 2024-25. Introduces public depository for digital lending apps...
Fema / RBI : Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been dec...
Fema / RBI : Based on an assessment of the current and prospective macroeconomic situation, we have decided to reduce the policy repo rate unde...
Fema / RBI : Reduce the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points from 8.5 per cent to 8.0 per cent with immed...
Fema / RBI : On the basis of the current macroeconomic assessment, it has been decided to: keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled b...
Fema / RBI : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has kept policy rates unchanged in its Mid Quarter Review of Monetary Policy announced today. The...
Fema / RBI : RBI cuts Bank Rate to 6.50%, affecting penal interest on reserve shortfalls. New rates apply immediately as per the latest monetar...
Fema / RBI : RBI cuts repo rate to 6.25%, impacting the Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers. New rate applies immediately as per th...
Fema / RBI : RBI lowers the repo rate to 6.25% as per the February 2025 monetary policy. SDF and MSF rates adjusted to 6.00% and 6.50% respecti...
Fema / RBI : RBI maintains the repo rate at 6.50%, focusing on inflation control and growth support in its December 2024 policy statement....
Fema / RBI : RBI Governor reviews the flexible inflation targeting framework, maintaining the repo rate at 6.50% while focusing on growth and i...
Faced with stubborn inflation, RBI is likely to raised key policy rates by at least 25 basis points in its annual credit policy for 2011-12 to be announced on Tuesday to arrest the rate of price rise, say bankers. “Given the macro economic conditions, it is expected that the RBI would hike rates by at least 25 basis points to curb inflationary expectations,” Indian Overseas Bank Chairman and Managing Director M Narendra told PTI.
With inflation showing no signs of moderation, economists expect the Reserve Bank to hike key policy rates by at least 25 basis points in its annual monetary policy to be unveiled on May 3. The headline inflation (WPI) stood at 8.98 per cent for March, much above the RBI’s projection of 8 per cent, fuelling speculation that the central bank may go in for another hike in the repo (lending) and reverse repo (borrowing) rates.
Driven by increase in prices of food and manufactured goods, inflation soared to 8.98 per cent in March raising fears of yet another hike in key policy rates by the Reserve Bank next month.Headline inflation, measured by movement in wholesale prices, at near 9 per cent in March was much above the RBI”s projection of 8 per cent. As a result, experts feel the central bank may take further steps to tame rate of price rise at its annual policy to be announced on May 3.
On the basis of the current macroeconomic assessment, it has been decided to: * increase the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.5 per cent to 6.75 per cent with immediate effect; and increase the reverse repo rate under the LAF by 25 basis points from 5.5 per cent to 5.75 per cent with immediate effect.
Financial service provider SMC Global Securities today said the Reserve Bank may hike key rates by 25 basis points in its policy review tomorrow. “With series of RBI actions and rise in commodity prices, India Inc witnessed pressures on margins …,” SMC Group Chairman and Managing Director Subhash Chand Aggarwal said in a statement here.
Inflation rose marginally to 8.31 per cent for the month ended February, driven by high food and fuel prices, which may prompt the RBI to hike interest rates when it reviews the monetary policy later this week. However, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed hope that inflation should come down to 7 per cent by next month-end.
With a view to rein in high inflation, the Reserve Bank of India today raised its key short-term lending and borrowing rates by 0.25 per cent each with immediate effect. The short-term lending (repo) rate has been hiked to 6.50 per cent and the borro
here have been significant changes in the macroeconomic environment since the Second Quarter Review issued on November 2, 2010. Globally, the recovery in the advanced economies appears to be consolidating and expectations of growth during 2011, parti
As announced today in the Third Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11, it has been decided to increase the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.25 per cent to 6.50 per cent and the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points from 5.25 per cent to 5.50 per cent with immediate effect.
In a bid to tame prices that has seen annual food inflation soar to double digits, India’s central bank on Tuesday hiked its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 25 basis points that could make commercial, housing and auto loans dearer. Reserv
