The central bank should first try and bring down retail inflation to 6% – the upper band of its medium-term target – before modifying the pace of its rate increases Said C Rangarajan, the best-known economist and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Although the central bank does not set a specific…
Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), aimed to soothe worries on Wednesday that the Monetary Policy Committee’s explanation to the government on a breach of the inflation target would not be made public. Das claimed that because this was sensitive material, the RBI was not authorized to reveal the contents, but…
On November 3, the Reserve Bank’s rate-setting committee will meet in extraordinary session to discuss why the government failed to keep retail inflation below the target of 6% for three consecutive quarters since January. The report on the causes of the failure to attain the inflation target as well as the corrective actions the central…
The Indian rupee is anticipated to continue volatile in the face of a strong dollar, market risk aversion, and cautious emotions ahead of the result of the RBI Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The rupee closed slightly higher versus the US dollar the previous day, following a bumpy session in which the Reserve Bank of India…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on September 30 announced a 50 basis points hike in the repo rate stepping up its fight against persistently high inflation. Repo is the rate at which the central bank lends short-term funds to banks. One bps is one-hundredth of a percentage point. With the latest rate hike, the…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to unanimously decide to raise the policy repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) at its upcoming meeting in order to rein in above-target inflation and address currency concerns. If the MPC votes for a 50 basis point increase in the repo rate (the interest rate at which…
The Indian rupee fell to a new record low on Monday, owing to risk aversion in equity markets and a strong U.S. dollar. Investors are apprehensive ahead of the RBI MPC meeting later this week. The native currency began at 81.52 per dollar, down from Friday’s finish of 80.99. Analysts predict that the rupee would…
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) mission will be made more difficult by the falling rupee, which is the result of high wholesale prices and retail inflation. This could lead the MPC, which meets next week, to consider another aggressive rate hike of at least 50 basis points. At the same time, fears of elevated…
The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee (MPC) in its June meeting raised the repo rate for a second straight month and stated that it would now focus on withdrawal of accommodation while dropping all mention of an accommodative stance from its script. The MPC collectively raised the repo rate by 50 basis points…
Retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to near 8-year high in April to 7.79%. The previous high was noted in May 2014, when retail inflation rate touched 8.33%. The continuous fuel price hike likely had a climbing effect on the final price of various products. Also, increasing global prices of commodities…
