Governor Das stated, "After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions and the overall outlook. It decided by a majority of four members to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent."
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das to deliver the monetary policy statement on Thursday at 10:00 am, following the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the post-policy press conference scheduled to be telecast at 12:00 pm on the same day.
Adding the reasons behind its anticipation, the credit agency further emphasized factors such as the inflation and, overall risk of food inflation due to the above-normal monsoon will influence the decision of the monetary committee.
The Indian stock markets have emerged as an oasis of safety in amidst the volatility of global financial markets in recent years, highlights a report by Anand Rathi, a financial service company.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to change the repo rate, say experts. The three-day monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting to decide on policy rates begins tomorrow, August 6.
Recent data indicates that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 5.08 per cent in June 2024, driven primarily by higher food and beverage prices.
In India, a key emerging market economy, analysts are pointing out that loosening monetary policy through interest rate cuts in the US amid weak growth projections could drive in investment inflows into India.
A report by the Pakistan Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs disclosed that the previous government led by the Pakistan Peoples Party has borrowed the maximum from International Monetary Fund (IMF), with a loan of over USD 7.72, The Express Tribune reported.
KV Subramanian, Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former Chief Economic Advisor of India, said on Thursday that India could become a USD 55 trillion economy by 2047 if it maintains an 8 per cent annual growth rate.
The Federal Reserve, in its latest meeting, decided to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent for the eighth time. In its statement, the Fed observed that job gains in the U.S. economy have moderated, while the unemployment rate has increased slightly but rema