RBI maintains status quo-Fifth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Reserve Bank of India in its Fifth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17 kept the key policy rates unchanged after reducing the rates by 25 basis points (bps) in previous policy statements. The policy repo rate, at which it lends to the scheduled banks borrowing for the short liquidity gaps, under the liquidity adjustement facility (LAF) thus stands unchanged at 6.25%. The decision of the MPC is consistent with an accommodative stance of monetary policy in consonance with the objective of achieving consumer price index (CPI) inflation at 5% by Q4 of 2016-17 and the medium-term target of 4% within a band of +/- 2%, while supporting growth. Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF remains unchanged at 5.75%, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.75%.

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