Here's what 2 foreign banks make of RBI credit policy

In an interview CNBC-TV18, Sanjay Mathur, head of research and strategy (non-Japan Asia) at RBS and Indranil Sengupta, chief India economist of BoAML spoke about the Reserve Bank credit policy and their outlook for the economy.

May 04, 2011 / 16:47 IST
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In an interview CNBC-TV18, Sanjay Mathur, head of research and strategy (non-Japan Asia) at RBS and Indranil Sengupta, chief India economist of BoAML, spoke about the Reserve Bank credit policy and their outlook for the economy.

Below is a verbatim transcript of the interview. Also watch the video. Q: How have you read the blow that came from the credit policy, not just in terms of lower growth, but also in terms of a expected further doses of rate hikes because of the inflation control stance that the policy has taken? how much are you reducing the Sensex EPS earnings? Mathur: I am not really a market strategist but let me just tell you what was different in this policy. I thought it was a clearer statement from the RBI ever that they are willing to sacrifice short-term growth and go towards a direction of inflation management. We haven
first published: May 4, 2011 03:00 pm

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