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Rate hike, sentiment to impact GDP growth: Ashok Leyland

R Seshasayee, CEO of Ashok Leyland tells CNBC-TV18 that the overall production of durables might get affected due to people’s restraint on taking credit due to the high rates.

June 17, 2011 / 14:10 IST
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After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked interest rates for the tenth time in 15 months, EMIs for autos, banks and home loans are set to climb again. Sacrificing growth, the RBI raised the short-term lending (repo) and borrowing (reverse repo) rates by 25 basis each to 7.5% and 6.5%, respectively.


These successive rate hikes will impact the overall demand, says the CEO of Ashok Leyland, R Seshasayee. In an exclusive interview on CNBC-TV18 he is cautious on the company

first published: Jun 17, 2011 10:41 am

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