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RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.15%, stance stays accommodative

The market and economists were expecting a sure cut in the policy review, considering the weak growth rate

Shaktikanta Das
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das | Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar

Anup Roy Mumbai
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday surprised the markets by exercising a “temporary pause” on its interest rate, as it waits to get more clarity on inflation and government measures in the upcoming Budget in February, before re-engaging with the Centre on the “national endeavour” of lifting growth.

The six-member monetary policy committee (MPC), headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent. The RBI, however, revised its outlook for growth and inflation. The central bank revised down its 2019-20 growth forecast to 5 per cent from 6.1 per

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