Another interest rate hike on the cards

RUN-UP TO THE CREDIT POLICY

 Jan14
2006

 Jan13
2007

All Commodities4.104.206.00 Primary Articles (food & non-food)5.405.609.30 Fuel, Power, Light8.907.903.70 Manufactured Products1.702.205.60 WPI Excluding FOOD4.004.005.90 WPI Excluding FUEL2.703.206.60  Heightened concerns after headline inflation crossed 6 per cent earlier this month, unabated credit growth and robust economic growth make a strong case for RBI to raise the reverse repo rate by at least 25 basis points for the fourth time this year to a five-year high of 6.25, analysts and economists said.