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Inflation warrior

RBI's next move will depend on the Budget

Monetary Policy: Reserve Bank picked a heck of a time to slow things down

If Reserve Bank's rate cut pause has shocked you, blame it on inflation

RBI among 26 global central banks that have been on a rate cutting spree

With the RBI's rate-setting meeting over, the attention now turns to the US Federal Reserve's (US Fed's) two-day policy meet that begins on December 11

RBI's decision of pause on repo rate cuts disappoints real estate sector

Knight FRank India CMD Shishir Baijal said the RBI's decision to not lower interest rate has come "as a surprise and a bit of a disappointment to the industry"

Top 5 biz headlines: Repo rate unchanged, P2P lending limit raised & more

From RBI's surprise on repo rate to the Reserve Bank raising the lending limit of Peer-To-Peer platforms five-fold, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

Key takeaways from RBI's monetary policy meet

GDP growth forecast for FY20 has been revised downwards from 6.1 per cent in the October policy to 5 per cent

RBI MPC begins deliberations on monetary policy, another rate cut expected

If the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cuts the repo rate on Thursday, it would be the sixth reduction in the short-term lending rate in 2019

Top-rated companies tap into low money market rates as liquidity improves

Most highly rated companies are enjoying rate benefit of more than 150 basis points in their working capital raised from the market

Monetary policy: Here's how low interest rates can go after 5 cuts in a row

At 4.75%, India will still offer positive rates of return to investors seeking high yields

Best of BS Opinion: PMC Bank crisis, stressed financial firms, and more

The lead edit explains why the 25 basis point cut in the policy rate is an appropriate call

Why ration out rate cuts when slowdown is so sharp?

The direction is clear -- there will be more rate cuts but the pace will depend on the incoming data

RBI sticks to familiar script, cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 5.15%

The RBI's action was also influenced by central banks globally, especially those of the emerging markets

RBI monetary policy: Here's what experts say about the latest rate cut

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.15 per cent

RBI policy: A cut in rate was expected; a cut in GDP growth target was not

The cut in GDP projection for FY20 is curious because it is also an admission that these 135 bps cuts in interest rates will not have a major impact on growth this year

Monetary policy review: RBI set to cut rate. Question is by how much?

The policy decision will be announced at 11:45 a.m. in Mumbai, followed by a press conference 15 minutes later by Das

Monetary policy review: Another rate cut may not help Indian economy

The larger problem here is that government finances are already in a hole; that would be a problem even if the tax cut were the best-designed in history

RBI panel suggests longer-term repo operations to manage liquidity

The RBI had set up the internal working group to review the current liquidity management framework with a view to simplify it and suggest measures to clearly communicate the objectives

FM to discuss external benchmarking of loans, MSME credit with pvt bankers

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to hold a press conference at around 7 pm today

SBI to use repo rate as benchmark to price MSME, retail loans from Oct 1

Also, link pricing credit to Medium units to the repo rate

Repo rate to be external benchmark for floating rate loans from Oct 1: SBI

The bank has also extended the external benchmark-based lending to medium enterprises, to boost lending to the MSME sector as a whole