The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 30, 2008

CREDIT POLICY
Adopting a vigilant stance
The RBI has left the reverse repo, repo and cash reserve ratio (CRR) rates unchanged at 6 per cent, 7.75 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively as most economists expected, although the markets had priced in an interest rate cut in the wake of ... More

A sedate statement
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Staying on course
In its third quarter review of the monetary policy, the RBI has kept the Bank rate, reverse repo, repo and CRR unchanged, belying expectations of a 25 bp cut in repo rate in line with the recent rate cuts by the US Fed and other central banks. ... More

On different path
The Reserve Bank of India, appropriately, did not take the path treaded by the US Central Bank, the Federal Reserve. Like the Fed, the RBI did not succumb to meet the market expectations on a rate cut. The monetary policies of India and the US ... More

Conditions justify the ‘no-change’ stance
RBI’S Quarterly Review of Monetary Policy More

Nuanced change
The Reserve Bank of India has kept benchmark rates unchanged at 6 per cent for reverse repo and 7.75 per cent for the repo. Market views were deeply divided with about half expecting a repo rate cut. The RBI has explicitly recognised risks ... More

Apt approach
As predicted by a vertical section of the market, the RBI has maintained status quo on signal rates. Recognising and assigning priority to liquidity management in the context of a potential threat to inflationary pressures, further re-iterates ... More

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