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To be or not to be: With GST tailwind, Monetary Policy Committee likely to hold rates The three-day closed-door Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, which commenced on Monday (September 29, 2025), has raised hopes of a rate cut. The October policy comes within weeks of a cut in Goods and Services Tax (GST) and at…
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The three-day closed-door Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, which commenced on Monday (September 29, 2025), has raised hopes of a rate cut. The October policy comes within weeks of a cut in Goods and Services Tax (GST) and at a time when demand is likely to be created in the domestic market amid the…
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The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 123.45 points or 0.15%, to 81,758.26 in early trade and the NSE went up 39.65 points or 0.16%, to 25,052.80 on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark equity indices climbed in early trade on Wednesday (October 9, 2024) ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy decision. Buying in…
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RBI Monetary Policy: The repo rate is the interest rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks. The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) wrapped up its three-day deliberations today, deciding to maintain the repo rate at 6.5 per cent for the fourth consecutive time this fiscal year and the tenth…
Governor Das, announcing the Monetary Policy decision, said that CPI inflation for FY25 has been projected at 4.5%. The Committee has maintained its figures from February. Back in February, CPI inflation was projected at 5.4 per cent for 2023-24 with Q4 at 5.0 per cent. Food inflation pressures accentuated in February; MPC remains vigilant towards…
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das. | Photo Credit: PTI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on February 8 projected GDP growth for the next financial year at 7% on the back of improved household consumption and upturn in private capex cycle. The real GDP growth is, however, lower than 7.3% estimated by the…
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Food inflation stood at around 10% in August. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA India’s retail inflation is likely to have retreated below 6% in September after two months over the central bank’s tolerance threshold, thanks to cooling prices for most essential commodities and food items, barring pulses that are seeing a sustained uptick in…
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India on August 10 decided unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India on August 10 decided unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%. Announcing the bi-monthly monetary…
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“In case of any shortfall in production of any crop, prices can increase at a faster rate and add to inflation.” | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF The inflationary impact of the 5%–11% increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for farm produce will be an additional factor for the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to…
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