RBI rate cut

RBI Likely To Leave Interest Rates Unchanged

The RBI had last changed rates in February 2023, when the repo rate was hiked to 6.5 per cent. 

Jun 06, 2024, 14:53 PM IST

ASSOCHAM president expects RBI to cut interest rate by 25 bps

"The rate cut relief by RBI is not passed on to consumers by either private or public sector banks. This is the biggest problem or the challenge that needs to be addressed," Goenka said. 

Dec 05, 2019, 00:00 AM IST

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points, revises GDP growth downwards to 6.1% in 2019-20

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday cut repo rate by 25 basis points, from 5.40% to 5.15% in yet another move to boost the national economy. 

Oct 04, 2019, 12:00 PM IST

Rate cut to boost housing demand if banks pass on benefit to customers: Realtors

The RBI lowered the benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to a nearly nine-year low of 5.75 per cent.

Jun 07, 2019, 11:09 AM IST

RBI MPC starts discussions on monetary policy review

The central bank has slashed the short-term lending rate (repo rate) by 25 basis points (0.25 percentage points) each in its last two policy reviews.

Jun 03, 2019, 15:58 PM IST

RBI needs to go for larger rate cut in June: SBI report

The RBI had cut the key short-term lending rate (repo) by 25 basis points each in its last two policy reviews. The central bank is slated to announce its next bi-monthly policy decision on June 6.

May 15, 2019, 14:18 PM IST

RBI cuts inflation forecast to 2.9-3% for H1 FY20

The RBI has reduced the key policy rate by 25 basis points to 6 percent.

Apr 04, 2019, 12:26 PM IST

Banks unlikely to match RBI's rate cut any time soon

Banks are reluctant to cut deposit rates in the fiscal year`s last quarter, as they are keen to shore up their books while not losing hefty deposits.

Feb 08, 2019, 16:30 PM IST

After a surprise rate cut, Das promises more if inflation falls

The surprise 25 basis points rate cut to 6.25 percent is a measure to broad base credit growth across all the sectors of the economy that's gathering more steam now, the governor said.

Feb 08, 2019, 10:01 AM IST

RBI might slightly cut interest rate: Kaushik Basu

The RBI's monetary policy review is slated in February.

Jan 15, 2019, 15:26 PM IST

RBI to cut rates 25 bps in Apr to signal lower lending rates: BofAML

The Reserve Bank in its fifth bi-monthly review of this fiscal kept repo rate unchanged at 6 percent and reverse repo at 5.75 percent.

Dec 27, 2017, 14:59 PM IST

RBI fifth monetary policy review for 2017-18: Full text

RBI has kept the key interest rate unchanged, on the expected lines.

Dec 06, 2017, 15:08 PM IST

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6%

The GDP growth in the second quarter of 2017-18 was higher than 5.7 percent in the preceding April-June period.

Dec 06, 2017, 14:34 PM IST

Rate cut dilemma remains as RBI wary on Inflation

Economists believe a status quo would be right thing to do by the RBI.

Dec 06, 2017, 09:57 AM IST

RBI monetary policy review today: Will MPC go for a rate cut?

The MPC meeting outcome is being keenly awaited by all stakeholders including the industry and stock markets.

Dec 06, 2017, 07:14 AM IST

RBI likely to cut rates in Dec 6 policy review: Report

The core Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation, adjusted for house rent allowance is moderating, and the HRA impact (post 7th Pay Commission), is largely "statistical", it said.

Oct 30, 2017, 13:28 PM IST

RBI monetary policy-makers sharply disagree over rate cut

Retail inflation may moderate to under 3 percent in October and may print 50 bps below the RBI projections of 4.2 percent by March.

Oct 20, 2017, 09:15 AM IST

RBI may cut rate in December as inflation recedes: BofAML

According to global financial services major Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML), retail inflation is expected to stay muted at around 3.5 percent in September and 3.3 percent in October, which will give RBI the room to ease interest rates.

Oct 10, 2017, 16:19 PM IST

RBI panel urges tougher line to get banks to pass on rate cuts

The five-member panel, set up by the RBI to look into why lenders were not passing on central bank rate cuts, said in a report on Wednesday that banks "deviated in an ad hoc manner from the specified methodologies" for calculating the lending rates in order to avoid passing on the RBI rate cuts.

Oct 05, 2017, 12:15 PM IST

RBI should have cut interest rate to boost growth: India Inc

In its last review in August the Reserve Bank had slashed the benchmark lending rate by 0.25 percentage points to 6 per cent, the lowest in six years.

Oct 04, 2017, 18:59 PM IST