Tag: repo rate

A heightened pace of policy tightening by central banks in advanced economies is increasing pressure on the RBI to continue front-loading rate hikes in order to maintain adequate interest rate differentials, analysts opined. Also, many financial experts expect the RBI to lower the GDP growth estimate to 7%. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to lift the policy repo rate by 35-50 basis points (bps) on September 30, as it seeks to bring back elevated domestic inflation within its target range.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das today(4 May 2022) said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously voted to increase the repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40 percent with immediate effect. The Governor said that the MPC has also decided to remain accommodative while focusing on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation remains within the target going forward while supporting growth. Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate stands adjusted to 4.15 percent and the marginal standing facility rate (MSF) to 4.65 percent. Read more

The monetary policy committee of RBI maintained the status quo on interest rates for the sixth consecutive review meeting today(4th June 2021), indicating that reviving economic growth was top on its agenda as it decided to look through inflation pressure which is resurfacing in the economy due to a variety of factors including hardening of crude oil prices. “The MPC also decided unanimously to continue with the accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis and continue to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, while ensuring that inflation remains within the target going forward,” said RBI governor Shaktikanta Das in Mumbai while announcing the policy review decision. Read more

The markets in India ticked up in morning deals today(4th June 2021) after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained the status quo and left the repo rate unchanged at 4 percent, with an accommodative stance. The S&P BSE Sensex hovered around 52,350 levels, up 120 points, and the Nifty50 index topped the 15,700-mark. ONGC gained 2 percent and was the top Sensex gainer, followed by Larsen & Toubro and Mahindra & Mahindra (both up 1%).

RBI kept its policy repo rate unchanged at 4 percent and reverse repo rate at 3.35 percent, and promised an accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive growth and come out of the Covid-19 induced stress. RBI said it will restore the cash-reserve ratio (CRR) to its normal levels in two phases, 3.5 percent (from 3 percent now) effective March 27, and then at 4 percent from May. This would mean banks will again have to set aside money with the central bank. The special relaxation of 100 basis points was made to tide over the Covid induced stress situation last year. There was ample assurance about comfortable liquidity in the speech. Some sections of the market were expecting an announcement of the open market operations (OMO) calendar that would spell out how many bonds the central bank would buy from the secondary market to accommodate the borrowing program. That did not happen. Read more

The markets in India were holding on to their gains near their fresh lifetime highs today(5th Feb.2021) after the Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 percent while the stance remained 'accommodative'. Besides, the RBI projected GDP growth of 10.5 percent in FY22 for India while the projection for CPI-based inflation was revised to 5.2 percent for Q4FY21. The S&P BSE Sensex was trading 400 points up and hovered near the 51,000 levels while the Nifty50 was around the 15,000 marks as well. One hundred and forty-seven companies including Britannia Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, Punjab National Bank, Mrs. Bectors Food, Fortis Healthcare, Pfizer, and Shipping Corporation of India are scheduled to release their December quarter numbers today. Read more

The RBI today(6th August 2020) decided to keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 4 percent, already the lowest since 2000, and reverse repo rate at 3.35 percent. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI, headed by the Governor Shaktikanta Das, announced the decision after its 24th two-day bi-monthly meeting. RBI had last revised its policy rate on May 22, in an off-policy cycle to perk up demand by cutting interest rate to a historic low. Governor Shaktikanta Das said the MPC voted to keep interest rate unchanged and continue with its accommodative stance to support growth. "Global economic activity has remained fragile. A surge in Covid-19 cases has subdued early signs of revival, said Das, adding: "Economic activity had started to recover, but a surge in infection has forced imposition of lockdowns." Supply chain disruptions were persisting and inflationary pressures were evident across segments, he said. Read more