RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das led MPC may maintain pause on repo rate
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das led MPC meeting to decide bi-monthly policy on Thursday.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das led MPC meeting to decide bi-monthly policy on Thursday.
RBI now sees inflation averaging 6.5 per cent in the current 2022-23 financial year and at 5.3 per cent in 2023-24
The RBI has raised the repo rate (the rate at which it lends commercial banks) in each of the policy meetings since May 2022
This is the fourth straight increase in the last five months, which saw the rates increase by 190 basis points
For the unversed, this will be RBI’s third consecutive policy rate hike to check elevated retail inflation
In May, a 40 bps rate hike was announced mid-cycle, surprising many