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New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank's decision to maintain status quo on interest rate is a calibrated approach to strengthen macro economic environment against the backdrop of global headwinds influencing economic sentiment, experts said on Wednesday. The Reserve Bank kept its key policy rate (repo) unchanged at 5.25 per cent, adopting a cautious wait-and-watch stance as policymakers assessed the fallout from the six-week Iran conflict on energy supplies, inflation and growth. Industry bo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Industry experts have suggested that the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) choosing to maintain the status quo on policy rates reflects a cautious approach to navigating global uncertainties and domestic growth targets. The Reserve Bank of India kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent in the first monetary policy announcement of the financial year 2026-27, citing rising global uncertainties and geopolitical tensions. Sujan Ha ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India is set to announce its first bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for the financial year 2026-27 today. Governor Sanjay Malhotra will deliver the decisions of the six-member Monetary Policy Committee at 10 this morning. The committee deliberated on interest rates, inflation outlook, and growth projections since Monday. Speaking to ANI, experts indicated a strong consensus for a status quo on the current repo rate, with most suggesting ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The GST rationalisation is expected to boost consumption demand during the festive season, which is likely to augur well for manufacturing output in September-October 2025, once the older inventories are off the shelves, economists said on Monday. The IIP growth was recorded at 4 per cent in August 2025. Mining output witnessed a year-on-year expansion after a gap of four months, and growth in electricity generation inched up to a 5-month high in the month. " ...Read More >
Gita Gopinath believes dollar dominance will likely continue. She cites the strength of American institutions and financial markets. During her IMF tenure, dollar dominance was a key research area. She highlights the asymmetry in global currency usage. The dollar's role impacts how economies respond to shocks. Gopinath emphasizes the importance of strong institutions for maintaining the dollar's status. Gita Gopinath, former IMF Chief Economist and Deputy Managing Director, now back again at Ha ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's retail inflation edged up modestly in August, but economists and industry leaders believe the rise is temporary and unlikely to upset the country's broader price stability, partly due to recent GST reforms. Official data released on Friday showed that retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), climbed to 2.07 percent year-on-year in August 2025, compared with 1.61 percent in July. The increase of 46 basis points, though notable, still kept inflation well wit ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): India's retail inflation edged up modestly in August, but economists and industry leaders believe the rise is temporary and unlikely to upset the country's broader price stability, partly due to recent GST reforms. Official data released on Friday showed that retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), climbed to 2.07% year-on-year in August 2025, compared with 1.61% in July. The increase of 46 basis points, though notable, still kept in ...Read More >
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to keep policy rates unchanged this week, showed an ET poll of economists, as monetary experts assess the economic fallout of the punitive 25% US tariffs and await clarity on the contours of a trade deal between New Delhi and Washington. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to keep policy rates unchanged this week, showed an ET poll of economists, as monetary experts assess the economic fallout of the punitive 25% US tariffs and a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Amid worsening weather conditions and continuous rainfall in parts of Uttar Pradesh, all government and private schools from Classes 1 to 12 in Lucknow will remain closed on Monday, according to district magistrate Visakh G Iyer.Several parts of Varanasi were inundated on Monday following relentless downpours and a steady rise in the water level of the River Ganga. The river has been rising continuously since Saturday, triggering concerns of urban flooding.In response, authorities hav ...Read More >
MUMBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - India's central bank is expected to hold rates steady on Wednesday, but the odds of another cut have risen after the United States slapped steep tariffs on Indian exports last week, adding to pressure on growth even as inflation stays subdued. A large majority of economists, or 44 of 57, in a July 18-24 Reuters poll expect the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee (MPC) to hold the repo rate at 5.50% on August 6. However, sentiment has shifted following th ...Read More >
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's central bank is expected to hold rates steady on Wednesday, but the odds of another cut have risen after the United States slapped steep tariffs on Indian exports last week, adding to pressure on growth even as inflation stays subdued. A large majority of economists, or 44 of 57, in a July 18-24 Reuters poll expect the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee (MPC) to hold the repo rate at 5.50% on August 6. However, sentiment has shifted following the tariff ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 3: The Reserve Bank of India is expected to maintain the key short-term lending rate, or repo rate, at 5.5% in its upcoming monetary policy review on Wednesday, despite economic headwinds and persistent uncertainty over US tariffs. According to leading economists, the central bank may opt for a wait-and-watch approach after having already delivered three consecutive rate cuts totalling 100 basis points. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), chaired by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, wi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the income tax return (ITR) filing date extended to September 15, taxpayers have more time to decide whether to choose the old or new tax regime. Salaried employees or pensioners without business income can change their tax regime at any time prior to filing their ITR every year by simply selecting the relevant option on the ITR-1 or ITR-2 form. With commercial or professional income, the regulations are stricter. Only once in your lifetime may you return ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 3 (PTI) The Reserve Bank is likely to hold the key short-term lending rate at 5.5 per cent in its upcoming bi-monthly monetary policy on Wednesday after three back-to-back reductions, notwithstanding the headwinds to near-term economic growth in the wake of elevated US tariff uncertainties and subdued inflation trends, according to experts. However, some experts opined that the central bank may go for another round of rate cuts as challenges to the growth outlook outweigh potential ...Read More >
July 14 (Reuters) - India's annual retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI), opens new tab slowed to a more than six-year low of 2.10% in June, near the lower range of the central bank's tolerance band, as food prices continued to ease, making a case for further interest rate cuts. Inflation was lower than the 2.5% estimated by economists in a Reuters poll. Retail inflation was at 2.82% in May. COMMENTARY: GAURA SEN GUPTA, CHIEF ECONOMIST, IDFC FIRST BANK, MUMBAI "The moderation in inflation is led by ...Read More >
MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Indian central bank's measured approach to withdrawing banking system liquidity is likely to keep overnight interbank lending rates between the policy repo rate and the floor of the policy corridor, three analysts said on Friday, allowing some policy transmission. The Reserve Bank of India withdrew 1 trillion rupees ($11.7 billion) from the banking system on Friday through a seven-day variable rate reverse repo, rolling over an operation from last week, despite a rising li ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee on Friday cut the repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.50%. This is the third straight rate cut, leading to a cumulative reduction of 100 bps since the easing cycle began in February. As part of the monetary policy decision to support growth, the committee also reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR) -- the amount of funds that banks need to park with RBI -by 100 bps. However, the rate-setting panel changed the policy stance fr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Economists across the board have welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) latest policy decision, terming the 50 basis points (bps) repo rate cut as a pro-growth move that is expected to significantly boost liquidity and economic activity in the country. On Friday, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), stating that the policy repo rate has been reduced from 6 per cent to 5.5 per cent. This larger-than-expe ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Economists across the board have welcomed the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) latest policy decision, terming the 50 basis points (bps) repo rate cut as a pro-growth move that is expected to significantly boost liquidity and economic activity in the country. On Friday, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), stating that the policy repo rate has been reduced from 6 per cent to 5.5 per cent. This larger-than-expe ...Read More >
June 6 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key repo rate by a larger-than-expected 50 basis points (bps) on Friday, a third consecutive reduction, as muted inflation provided space for policymakers to focus on supporting economic growth. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which consists of three RBI officials and three external members, cut the repo rate (INREPO=ECI), opens new tab to 5.50%. It has now cut rates by 100 basis points in 2025, starting with a quarter-point reduc ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key interest rates unchanged on Friday but cut the cash reserve ratio by 50 basis points to bring enough liquidity in the banking system. The Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep the reo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent and Cut CRR by 50 basis points to 4 per cent to infuse liquidity in the banking system and lower interest rates. Eminent economists, reacting to the RBI's says that the apex bank has opted for a du ...Read More >
London stocks were set to kick off the final month of the year steady, as investors mulled a jump in UK house prices and encouraging Chinese manufacturing data. There was nothing of note out on the corporate front, but data from Nationwide showed that house prices rose 3.7% on the year in November, up from 2.4% the month before. This marked the fastest annual growth since November 2022. On the month, they were up 1.2%, having risen just 0.1% in October. This was the largest monthly gain since ...Read More >
RBI MPC Meeting December 2024: Experts say the MPC may set the stage for a February rate cut and ease some liquidity conditions this time. The RBI MPC's 3-day meeting is set to begin on Wednesday, December 4, and the monetary policy decision will be announced on December 6, the last day of the meeting. Economists expect the RBI's rate-setting committee to maintain the status quo on the key repo rate but they said the central bank might ease some liquidity conditions by cutting CRR or undertakin ...Read More >
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