RBI retains growth forecast at 9.5% for 2021-’22, keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said they will continue the accommodative policy stance as long as necessary to revive growth and to mitigate Covid impact.

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· Aug 06, 2021 · 10:13 am

RBI cuts growth forecast for 2021-’22 to 9.5%, keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said all six members of the monetary policy committee voted in favour of keeping the rates on hold.

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· Jun 04, 2021 · 10:12 am

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%, growth rate projection for 2021-’22 maintained at 10.5%

The central bank governor Shaktikanta Das flagged risks in domestic demand due to another surge in coronavirus cases.

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· Apr 07, 2021 · 10:32 am

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%, projects 10.5% growth rate for 2021-’22

The key lending rates have stayed unchanged at historic low levels since May last year.

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· Feb 05, 2021 · 10:20 am

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%, revises GDP growth forecast from -9.5% to -7.5%

The reverse repo rate was also unchanged at 3.35%.

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· Dec 04, 2020 · 10:58 am

Real GDP to contract by 9.5% in 2021, says RBI, keeps interest rates unchanged

The repo rate stayed at 4% and the reverse repo rate at 3.3%.

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· Oct 09, 2020 · 10:23 am

The Reserve Bank of India can’t counter food inflation without factoring in extreme weather events

What’s behind the rising price of onions in every alternate year since 2013? Climate change.

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· Feb 14, 2020 · 01:30 pm

RBI lowers GDP growth forecast to 6.1% amid economic slowdown

The top bank also slashed the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.15%.

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· Oct 04, 2019 · 12:04 pm

RBI cuts repo rate by 35 basis points to 5.4%, real GDP growth projection revised downwards

The central bank said retail inflation would remain within targeted band in the next 12 months.

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· Aug 07, 2019 · 01:24 pm

Reserve Bank of India to waive all charges on RTGS and NEFT fund transfers from July 1

The central bank said the decision was taken to encourage digital transactions.

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· Jun 11, 2019 · 10:03 pm

RBI reduces repo rate for a third time this year, lowers GDP growth forecast to 7% for 2019-’20

The repo rate, or the interest rate at which the RBI lends to commercial banks, will now be 5.75% – the lowest in nine years.

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· Jun 06, 2019 · 11:56 am

RBI lowers repo rate by 25 basis points to 6% – the second cut in two months

The six-member monetary policy committee, headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, decided to maintain the policy stance at ‘neutral’.

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· Apr 04, 2019 · 11:59 am