RBI Announces Hike In Repo Rate To 6.5%
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%.