repo rate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) concluded its bimonthly monterary policy meeting, and announced a major relaxation for people. Considering inflation above the 4% target, the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das led MPC decided to keep repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, Standing Deposit Facility Rate remains at 6.25%. Marginal Standing Facility Rate and Bank Rate unchanged at 6.75%. More announcement into the meeting is awaited.

The Reserve Bank of India hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%, on February 8. Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the decision of the monetary policy committee of six members, taken with a majority of 4 votes. In December 2022, the repo rate was raised by 0.35 percentage points to 6.25%. While repo rate hiked, there was no change in the reverse repo rate of 3.35%.

RBI has announced to increase the policy repo rate by 50 basis points, to 4.9%, to tame the rising inflation in the country. Notably, this is the second hike in five weeks. The decision has been taken during RBI's three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Furthermore, the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate stands at 4.65%, and Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate at 5.15%.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das, on December 8, announced that the repo rate will remain unchanged. "Consequently, the policy repo rate remains unchanged at 4% and the stance remains accommodative as long as necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis" said Das. Furthermore, the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and reverse repo rate at 4.25% and 3.35%, respectively, also remained unchanged. 

The Indian rupee saw a decline of 105 paise against one US dollar, on April 7 markets shuts at 74.47 making it the biggest fall in last 20-months. However, the RBI's status quo on repo rate remains firm. According to a Research analyst Saif Mukadam, the depreciation is fuelled due to new lockdown restrictions. Besides, the Central government claims that the economic growth remains uncertain due to lockdown.