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Turn and bounce

MPC needs to be extremely vigilant

RBI MPC meet: How many Rs 2,000 bank notes are still in circulation?

Das said that it will 'actively' manage the liquidity in the economy. The central bank will undertake open market operations to do so

Monetary policy review: Challenging the status quos and dilemmas

Inflation should remain largely range bound in the coming months (5-6 per cent)

Monetary policy: RBI expects banks to fully transmit rate-hike impact

Market participants believe that the transmission did not occur because surplus liquidity in the banking system remained high due to several reasons, including the withdrawal of the Rs 2,000 banknote

RBI MPC meeting: Key takeaways from Guv Shaktikanta Das' announcements

RBI MPC has decided to continue with the pause on repo rate at 6.5 per cent for the fourth time in a row

Policy rate unchanged at 6.5%, FY24 inflation forecast retained at 5.4%

RBI policy: Shaktikanta Das said that real GDP forecast for 2023-24 has been retained at 6.5% by MPC

India market levels show effective rate has risen; RBI meeting in focus

The Reserve Bank of India, in its policy meeting in August, mandated that banks maintain an incremental cash reserve ratio of 10 per cent on some deposits

RBI's MPC likely to hold rates amid persisting inflation, say experts

All 38 economists in a Bloomberg survey expect the Reserve Bank of India's six-member monetary policy committee to keep the repurchase rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for a fourth straight time

Run-up to RBI monetary policy review: Expect another hawkish pause

The surge in the headline CPI inflation has expectedly proved to be transient. The print had cooled off to 6.8 per cent in August 2023 from the 15-month high of 7.4 per cent in July

RBI must ensure there's no spillover from surging food prices: MPC members

The central bank is targeting to keep inflation between 2% and 6% but the consumer price index accelerated by 7.44% last month

Food inflation transitory as monetary policy restrictive: MPC member Varma

Varma said rural demand was an issue, and a poor monsoon was as much of a growth shock as it was an inflation shock

India inflation to return to comfort band once veg prices dip: MPC's Goyal

Led by vegetables, food inflation in India soared to an over 3-year high of 11.5% in July. This pushed retail inflation to 7.44%, above the RBI's comfort band

RBI's MPC to closely monitor food price spike to gauge inflation impact

The MPC, which has three members from the central bank and three external members, kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.50% in an unanimous decision

Economy likely to expand by around RBI's projection of 8% in Q1, FY24

Various analysts that Business Standard spoke to put GDP growth in the range of 7 to 8.5 per cent for Q1 of FY24

A watchful pause

MPC is prepared to act if required

RBI move focused on taming inflation, supporting growth: Industry groups

RBI has kept the policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent

Tomato woes: MPC pegs inflation at over 6 per cent in current quarter

Inflation unlikely to fall to 4% target even in Q1 FY25; GDP growth projections kept intact

RBI Policy: With unanimous vote, MPC keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

RBI policy meet: Shaktikanta Das also announced a revised retail inflation projection for FY24 at 5.4 per cent from 5.1 per cent earlier

Rupee rises by 5 paise to 82.80 against US dollar ahead of MPC announcement

The rupee appreciated by 5 paise to 82.80 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision. However, weak domestic equities and elevated crude prices weighed on the local unit, said analysts. Investors were trading cautiously ahead of the Reserve Bank's rate-setting panel MPC's monetary policy decision. The MPC meeting started its three-day review meeting on Tuesday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened stronger at 82.81 against the dollar and touched 82.80, registering a gain of 5 paise over its previous close. On Wednesday, the rupee appreciated 6 paise to settle at 82.85 against the dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, fell by 0.02 per cent to 102.47. Global oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.14 per cent lower at USD 87.43 per barrel. In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 211.55 points

'RBI need not rush to ease rates unless certain of stable-low inflation'

Bhide's comments echo that of Governor Shaktikanta Das that a pivot can be considered when price-gains settle near the mid-point of its 2%-6% range on a durable basis