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140 bps rate cut in a little over a fortnight

This has been done to stop lazy banking. Banks are being encouraged to lend instead of parking their resources with the RBI and earn risk-free interest income

Covid an invisible assassin, preserve stability, arrest slump: MPC minutes

They noted that the pandemic hadn't destroyed the economy's production capabilities, and once the situation starts normalising, domestic demand would need to be stimulated swiftly

Coronavirus impact: Credit growth likely to remain modest, says RBI

MPC report says better transmission of rates would remain priority

'Covid-19 hangs over future like spectre': RBI in Monetary Policy Report

While efforts are being mounted on a war footing to arrest its spread, Covid-19 would impact economic activity in India directly through domestic lockdown, the central bank has said

Beyond virus: Setting course for a V-shaped recovery with right decisions

It's time for thoughtful decisions through 2020 and 2021, where the desired outcome is one where private investment in 2025 is superior to the value seen in 2011 in real terms

Decoding the 3-month moratorium

In the world of finance, a moratorium is a temporary suspension of an activity in response to sudden financial hardships

Now what?

Once the lockdown is lifted, we will need the mother of all fiscal and monetary policy support to sustain the economy

Measures announced by RBI are enough for now but what next, Mr Das?

No one cares about fiscal deficit now. Or for that matter, inflation. The focus is on growth and growth alone

The liquidity gush

RBI's steps will help in smooth functioning of financial markets

Coronavirus impact: New Zealand's central bank cuts interest rate to 0.25%

The unexpected move came ahead of its scheduled policy decision meeting on March 25.

FinMin may cut interest rates on small savings schemes for April-June qtr

The govt last cut the small savings rates for the July-September 2019 quarter, except for one scheme

Retail inflation falls to 6.58% in February as food prices cool down

The latest numbers could increase the clamour for a rate cut by RBI's Monetary Policy Committee in its next meeting in April

Happy birthday, inflation targeting

The Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India signed a Monetary Policy Framework Agreement on February 20, 2015

Policy transmission getting better, up by 20 bps in 2 months: RBI Governor

To keep inflation under specified level, the government in 2016 had decided to set up MPC headed by RBI governor entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy rate (repo rate)

Should the MPC focus on core or headline inflation? RBI must debate

"Multiple objectives are not a good thing. They confuse the markets," said a senior economist not wanting to be quoted.

January retail inflation at 68-month high of 7.59%; Dec IIP shrinks 0.3%

The index of industrial production (IIP) fell from a growth rate of 1.8 per cent, as the manufacturing sector slipped into negative territory again

Bankers, analysts welcome RBI's liquidity boosting policy measures

The market has taken the long-term repos worth Rs 1 trillion as the biggest developmental and regulatory step that came out of the blue, analysts said

Long-term repos aimed at helping banks cut lending rates: Shaktikanta Das

At the sixth bi-monthly policy announcement, where the policy rates were left unchanged, the Reserve Bank announced long-term repurchase agreements (repos) of one-year and three-year tenors

RBI policy: Monsoon and spending pattern hold key for economic revival

The MPC's action has not surprised as CPI inflation for December left little room for a rate cut

Rs 1 trillion repos to help better monetary policy transmission: RBI

The RBI has cumulatively cut the repo rate by 135 basis since February 2019 to a nine-year low of 5.15 per cent