Policy Review

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All the the twists and turns in the Musk-Twitter saga and the face off brewing between OPEC+ and US on the former's decision to cut oil output

Why the market is unable to read the RBI’s rate hike sizes

If Indians lose confidence in their central bank in reining in inflation, consumption demand would be hit hard

MPC meet | Policy support rollback needs to be gradual and nuanced

Any hurried approach by the RBI will only cause unwanted material disruption in the economy and financial markets

With volatile growth and inflation, RBI has to keep re-inventing monetary policy

The RBI has to re-imagine monetary policy in the face of K-shaped growth where some sectors are hit harder than others due to no fault of theirs

RBI may cut key rates by 25 bps in Oct 4 policy review: BofA-ML

Notwithstanding the significant jump in consumer price inflation, the Reserve Bank of India is expected to cut key policy rates by 25 basis points in its policy review meet on October 4, as good monsoon is likely to damp inflationary pressures, says a report.

'Expect rate cut in Oct-Dec; RBI to stick to neutral liquidity'

Anshula Kant, CFO of SBI, and A Prasanna, Chief Economist at ICICI Securities PD talk about their expectation from the RBI monetary policy meeting.

Rate cut likely on or before June 2 policy review: Experts

According to analysts, the mix of slowing inflation and weaker-than-expected growth are indicating that a policy rate cut is on the anvil. While a rate cut on or before June 2 is most likely, beyond that, room for additional rate cuts depend on structural reforms that the government undertakes.

Expect 25 bps RBI rate cut again on Feb 3: Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley expects the RBI to front load the rate cuts by potentially taking up a 50 bps rate cut in one of the monetary policy meetings after Feb 3

Rajan went against majority view in Jan 28 rate hike

Only two members called for a hike in interest rates citing the pressures on inflation, while one asked for the key repo rate to be cut to accommodate concerns on growth while a majority four members asked for a status quo during the meeting on January 20.

RBI may roll back rupee volatility curbing measures: Poll

According to a CNBC-TV18 poll, majority of bankers and economists expect the new RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to partially roll back the measures taken in July to prop up the rupee.

RBI hints at status quo, will focus on stabilising rupee

The Reserve Bank of India hinted at a status quo on policy rates. It said that its immediate focus was to stabilise the rupee and made a case for calibrated action to contain the CAD.

Market weekahead: Debt, FX await RBI policy decision

Debt and forex market await key decisions from the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) first quarter policy review meet on July 30.

Subbarao meets FM ahead of July 30 policy review

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao met Finance Minsiter P Chidambaram ahead of the first quarter policy review on July 30.

India's wait for rate cut seen ending as RBI reviews policy

The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected make a modest cut in interest rates later on Tuesday to support an economy set for its slowest growth in a decade, with a deeper cut unlikely due worries over the fiscal and external deficits and inflation.

RBI seen cutting repo rate by 25 bps: Reuters Poll

The Reserve Bank of India is expected to reduce its policy interest rate by 25 basis points in a policy review on January 29, making its first cut in nine months on the back of slowing inflation and weak economic activity, economists polled by Reuters said.

Goldman Sachs expects RBI to cut rates by 25 bps

Goldman Sachs expects the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points at its policy review on Tuesday after last week's inflation data came well below expectations, and as economic growth remains sluggish.

Expect WPI Inflation to average 6.5-7% in FY13: ICRA

ICRA has come out with its report on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) March 2012. According to the research firm, RBI is expected to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) in the upcoming policy review.

RBI credit policy: Buy Yes Bank, DCB, SBI, ICICI Bank: Unicon

Unicon Investment has come out with its report on RBI’s mid quarter monetary policy review.

RBI to keep rate steady ahead of Budget: Poll

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at its policy review on Thursday ahead of the budget, a new Reuters poll found, which showed expectations for a start to the rate cut cycle have been pushed back since January.

Inflation to moderate to 6% by March 2012: FM

With food inflation declining well below one %, to the lowest level since April 2006, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the overall inflation would drop to 6% by March end.

Union Bank signals end of rate hike, cuts base rate

After a number of base rate hikes by all the lenders over the past 20 months, the state-run Union Bank of India today sounded a reversal of the trend with a 10 basis points cut in its minimum lending rate to 10.65 percent.

2012 likely to be a year of strengthening dollar: CLSA

Rajeev Malik of CLSA told CNBC-TV18 that he doesn’t expect an explicit mention of a rate hike pause by RBI today. The probability of a rate cut today is very marginal, he says. "RBI still holds that CRR is a monetary tool and using that can send a wrong signal to the market," Malik says.