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RBI MPC meeting: Repo rate cut by 25 basis points to 5.25%

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RBI MPC meeting: Repo rate cut by 25 basis points to 5.25%

Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra speaks on Monetary Policy Statement, in New Delhi on December 5, 2025. Photo: YouTube/Reserve Bank of India Noting that since the October Policy, the Indian economy has witnessed rapid disinflation, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday (December 5, 2025) announced that the Monetary Policy…

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RBI announces slew of measures to promote internationalisation of Rupee

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RBI announces slew of measures to promote internationalisation of Rupee

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said permission has been granted to Authorised Dealer banks to lend in Indian Rupees to non-residents from Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka for cross-border trade transactions. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters In a bid to promote the use of domestic currency for cross-border settlements, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday (October 1,…

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RBI keeps interest rates unchanged at 5.5% amid uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs

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RBI keeps interest rates unchanged at 5.5% amid uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs

In this screengrab received on October 1, 2025, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra speaks on Monetary Policy Statement, in New Delhi. Photo: RBI via PTI Photo The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) Monetary Policy Committee maintaining a neutral kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 5.5% for the…

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India business activity fastest in at least two decades, price rises sharp, PMI shows

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India business activity fastest in at least two decades, price rises sharp, PMI shows

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak India private sector activity expanded at the fastest pace on record in August, fuelled by a robust surge in demand led by the dominant services sector, which allowed firms to hike prices at the fastest clip in over 12 years, a survey showed on…

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Markets settle lower after RBI policy; continuous foreign fund outflows dent investors’ sentiment

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Markets settle lower after RBI policy; continuous foreign fund outflows dent investors’ sentiment

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Friday (February 7, 2025) as the RBI’s rate cut did not spring any major surprise for the markets and investors turned to profit-taking amid foreign fund outflows. Registering its third day of decline, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 197.97 points or 0.25% to settle at…

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RBI’s rate cut sets stage for further easing of interest rates in near term: India Inc

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RBI’s rate cut sets stage for further easing of interest rates in near term: India Inc

The last revision of rates happened in February 2023 when the policy rate was hiked by 25 basis points to 6.5%. | Photo Credit: Reuters India Inc. welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move to slash the benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly five years on Friday (February 7, 2025) and…

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RBI Monetary Policy Committee meeting: policy rate unchanged at 6.5% for 11th time in a row

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RBI Monetary Policy Committee meeting: policy rate unchanged at 6.5% for 11th time in a row

Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India. File. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat  The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Friday (December 6, 2024) decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50% for the 11th consecutive time. The last time the MPC had increased rates to 6.5% was in February…

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