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RBI's aggressive stand to hurt investment cycle: Jim Walker

Jim Walker, managing director of Asianomics Limited, in an interview with CNBC-TV18's Udayan Mukherjee and Mitali Mukherjee, said that a hike of 50 basis points has come like a surprise.

May 04, 2011 / 13:13 IST
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The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday raised its repo and reverse repo rates by 50 basis points each in a bid to control mounting inflation, while lowering the economic growth projection to 8% for the current fiscal.

FIIs were taken aback to see a greater-than-expected hike in the interest rates as there were concerns that it may affect India's investment cycle.  Jim Walker, managing director of Asianomics Limited, in an interview with CNBC-TV18
first published: May 4, 2011 08:50 am

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