Analysts say RBI is allowing the depreciation amid wider CAD and higher US interest rates
India's most hawkish rate-setter said the policy rate was reaching a level that allows past aggressive action to cool inflation without inflicting too much pain on the economy
The central bank looks to protect headline reserves, deter offshore/onshore arbitrage on Rs with buy-sell swaps in forex market
According to RBI data, in August, Indians remitted $467.52 million for overseas education, $330.70 million for maintenance of close relatives, and $221.31 million in gifts.
In a Q&A, she says the interest differential with US does not matter so much because India has caps on interest sensitive inflows. Overseas investment is a very low share of the country's debt market
The next review of the monetary policy committee is scheduled on December 5-7
Has asked them to insert penalty cause for repeated breaches
In June, the RBI had said that of the outstanding ECBs of $180 billion, 44 per cent was unhedged
Analysts at UBS expect headline CPI inflation to average 6.7 per cent YoY in FY23 and see RBI's policy outlook to be data dependent contingent on the Fed action
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday praised the Reserve bank of India (RBI) for tightening the monetary policy to curb inflation in the country. The RBI has appropriately been tightening to fight inflation as the inflation is above target, and since May, if my memory serves me well, it sort of delivers 190 basis points rate hikes and we think further tightening is needed to bring inflation to its target, Garcia Pascual, Deputy Division Chief of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF, told reporters at a news conference here. Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF, said that monetary policy has tightened in India, similar to other emerging markets as well, where inflation has been above target. And certainly, inflation has been above the RBI's target recently, so we do expect a tightening of monetary policy going forward as well, he said in response to a question. In terms of financial .
Also makes them applicable to UCBs
Higher global borrowing costs are expected to affect growth prospects
In 2019, when retail inflation was 3%, the policy rate was 5.75%. Now inflation hovers around 7% and the policy rate is 5.9%. It needs to move up
More than the monetary policy decision, the RBI's assessment of inflation and growth propelled the markets, said experts
Worried that the rising rates will hit new projects, CEOs said new loans will cost more this increasing the cost of projects
Inflation target retained at 6.7%; trajectory remains uncertain: Governor
Das reiterated on Friday the RBI does not target any particular level for the domestic exchange rate and only intervenes in the market to smoothen out excessive volatility
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) 50-bps repo rate hike triggered a sharp pullback rally in banking stocks on Friday. The Nifty PSU Bank index did even better with a rise of 3.01 per cent
Das says RBI won't make public the communication on failure of achieving target to govt
'Net LAF continues to be in surplus for the past two years, except for 2-3 days when because of SLF for the primary dealers it became deficit'