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Finance

06 April, 2023

RBI holds key repo rate at 6.5%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised markets by holding its key repo rate steady on Thursday after six consecutive ......

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Finance

26 September, 2022

The rationale behind Fed's 75 bps hike and how it may hit our day-to-day

Last Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate, its key short term interest rate, by 75 basis ......

Finance

26 September, 2022

RBI may raise repo by 50 bps this week: Economists

The Reserve Bank of India’s rate-setting panel is likely to raise policy rates by 50 basis points at its meeting ......

Finance

08 June, 2022

RBI sharpens sword against inflation, hikes repo rate for 2nd consecutive time

The Reserve Bank of India's key interest rate was raised by 50 basis points on Wednesday as widely expected, in ......

Finance

04 May, 2022

RBI hikes repo rate by 40 bps to 4.40%

The Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee raised the key lending rate by 40 basis points on Wednesday, citing ......

Economy

08 April, 2022

Inflation takes centrestage as RBI spells roadmap for liquidity withdrawal

The monetary policy committee on Friday indicated its intent to exit the “ultra-accommodative” stance it took during the pandemic and ......

Economy

10 February, 2022

RBI leaves policy rates unchanged; expects inflation at 4% by December

The ever optimistic Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das invoked a song by the late singer Lata Mangeshkar along ......

Economy

09 February, 2022

RBI must focus more on inflation to combat spiking yields, traders say

Indian debt traders have dismissed government officials' concerns about bonds being mispriced, saying they reflected fundamentals but the central bank ......

Economy

21 August, 2019

Tackling India's weak economic growth is top priority for RBI

Fixing India's weak growth has become the highest priority while a benign inflation outlook has given the central bank room ......

Markets

07 August, 2019

Sensex drops 0.77% as RBI rate cut sparks growth concerns

Indian shares ended lower on Wednesday, after the country’s central bank announced an unconventional 35 basis-point cut in interest rates, ......