RBI raises rates again
Jul 2nd
As predicted by our analyst Rahul Sonthalia (click here to read) and myself (click here to read) in our earlier articles, RBI has raised the policy rates almost a month before the scheduled 1st quarterly review of monetary policy due at the end of July.
In an after market hour announcement today, RBI raised the repo and [...]
India Inflation : WPI March 2010
Apr 16th
The WPI for the month of January stood at 9.90% against 1.20% in the corresponding month of the last year. The same figure posted 9.89% in the previous month. The figure released was below market expectationswhich was pegged at around 10.37%
The figure registered increased at the fastest pace in 17 months, driven by higher food [...]
RBI Raises Repo, Reverse Repo Rates
Mar 23rd
Before getting into the details, let us first understand -
What is Repo Rate?
Definition of Repo Rate: Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. Repo rate is the rate at which commercial banks borrow rupees from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get money [...]
Monetary Policy and Credit Policy
Oct 28th
The Reserve Bank of India announced its second quarter review of monetary/credit policy. Despite the fact that most of the key rates policy rates remained unchanged as expect, the benchmark indices corrected by around 2% with the banking and real estate sectors plummeting the most. This is mainly because of the fact that the policy [...]