The Reserve Bank of India's 25-basis-point repo rate cut in its Monetary Policy Committee meeting today was quite appropriate decision taken at a time of unusually low inflation and expected moderation in economic growth.
There is a high probability that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would go for another rate cut in the next monetary policy review meeting in February 2026, Bank of Baroda said in a report Friday, hours after the central bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra characterised India's current macroeconomic mo
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent, a move widely anticipated by markets and interpreted by analysts as a supportive step amid easing inflation and global uncertainties.
Anant Goenka, President, of industry chamber FICCI welcomed the RBI's decision to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points, asserting that this calibrated easing will help stimulate credit offtake.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday said the central bank will study the pros and cons of the markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) proposal that observed that the banks be allowed to foray into non-agricultural derivatives.
"The accompanying liquidity-enhancing measures, including open market purchases and forex swaps, underscore the growth-supportive nature of this policy decision. The repo rate cut is expected to support growth next fiscal, as monetary policy typically has a lagged effect."
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra will announce the policy rate today at 10 am as the three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting concludes on Friday.
Sectors that benefited from recent GST rate rationalization have registered robust growth, with consumption indicators showing a significant uptick in consumer spending across essential and mass-market categories, government sources revealed on Monday.
With the strong festive demand and the GST cuts, the loan growth in the banking system has picked up pace in October and early November, according to a latest report by IIFL Capital.