BREAKING NEWS: RBI cuts repo rates by 50 basis points, CRR unchanged
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The Reserve Bank of India, RBI, cut
The repo rate cut by 50 basis points was not expected as the economists believed that RBI Governor Raghugam Rajan will lower down the repo rates by 25 basis points only. The repo rate cut came in the backdrop of the Consumer Price Index that was at 3.66% in August.
Now, it is to see that how banks will react to this and cut rates.
It is likely that the repo rate cut also depended on the monsoon rains as they are already below normal.
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"These (8% and 6% inflation targets) are not two separate goals," Rajan said last year, adding “first we meet 8%, then we party for a few months and then we decide, what about the 6%? If we think inflation will hit 6% before 2016, and stay that way, then we have room to cut rates even if at this point itself inflation has come down but is still above 6 %."
Expecting commodity prices to fall further to help us move towards the 4% may be wishful thinking.
While Rajan may promise to be accommodative, expect his focus to be on 'inflation trajectory' that his team will forecast based on actual CPI numbers and price levels.
Rajan will also keep a hawkish eye on the Fed rate action given and may well give a higher foreign investment limit in bonds as a gift even as he tempers expectations of future rate cuts.
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