The Reserve Bank of India has upwardly revised the country’s retail inflation projections for 2023-24 at 5.4 per cent, against 5.1 per cent it projected in its previous monetary policy meeting in June.
The Reserve Bank of India in its three-day monetary policy committee meeting unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent, something most financial markets had expected.
In its previous meeting in early June, the central bank’s monetary policy committee unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent, something most analysts had expected. The RBI in its April meeting too had paused the repo rate.
SBI Research expects the Reserve Bank of India to again put a pause on the key policy rates as the central bank’s third monetary policy committee meeting is currently underway. The outcome of the review meeting will be announced on Thursday morning.
In its previous meeting in early June, the central bank’s monetary policy committee unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent, something most analysts had expected. The RBI in its April meeting too had paused the repo rate.
US Federal Reserve Governor Michelle W Bowman has said an additional interest rate increase will likely be needed to get inflation on a path down to its 2 per cent target.
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has decided to raise the Base Rate applicable to the Overnight Deposit Facility (ODF) by 25 basis points – from 5.15 to 5.40 per cent, effective from Thursday, 27th July 2023.
Indian Stock Market remain unchanged at the end of the Wednesday. As the market closed, the Nifty and sensex was 0.5 per cent higher. Investors wait for the outcome of the US Fed Monetary Policy meeting which is yet to be announced by July 25–26 mid-night (IST).
"Our job is only half done, having brought inflation within the target band (4-6 per cent). Our fight against inflation is not yet over," said the governor at the latest monetary policy meeting held during June 6-8, whose Minutes were published on Thursday.
Indian stock indices traded higher on Friday morning, getting support from the US central bank's latest monetary policy stance - which finally paused the interest rate after raising it for over a year.