The report mentioned, "We anticipate the MPC to cut rate by 25bp and potentially guide for more cuts. Demand conditions continue to often, as seen in slowing credit growth, auto sales, RE sales and HH wages while inflation too has turned quite soft, hovering below 4 per cent on a 3MMA basis,
Majority of the Industry leaders believed that current economic conditions, marked by controlled inflation and improved growth, provide room for a modest rate cut that could boost credit flow and support key sectors like MSMEs, housing, and healthcare.
The market experts believe that the investors are buoyed by the hopes of developments in the India-US trade deal and a rate cut by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Retail inflation, or the Consumer Price Index (CPI), will continue to moderate to 3.0 per cent in May, a six-year low, mainly due to the sequential moderation in prices of cereals and pulses even as most other segments started to strengthen, according to a Union Bank of India (UBI) report.
India's benchmark 10-year government bond yield could decline further if the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces a policy rate cut of more than 25 basis points in its upcoming monetary policy on June 6, according to a report by Bank of Baroda.
As the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) begins its two-day meeting in Mumbai to deliberate on the key policy rates, economists are divided over the quantum of the rate cut that the central bank should undertake in its June 6 announcement.
According to a report by SBI, the RBI is likely to announce a 50 basis points (bps) cut in the repo rate during this policy. The bank believes that a large rate cut at this stage could help revive the credit cycle and support overall economic growth.
The central government has extra space in the fiscal deficit to push up expenditure by at least Rs. 0.8 trillion in FY2026 relative to the Budget Estimates (BE), as the higher GDP and RBI dividend payout provide room for it, according to a report by ICRA.
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to maintain higher risk buffers is expected to strengthen its balance sheet and support India's macroeconomic fundamentals, especially at a time when global oil prices are expected to remain benign, according to a recent report by ICICI Bank.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday released an update on the withdrawal of Rs 2000 denomination banknotes, which was initially announced on May 19, 2023. The update stated that 98.26 per cent of the Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation as of the announcement date have been returned.