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In a rare interview and his first since he became RBI Governor, Patel on Friday opened up on the latest monetary policy decision and the factors that will curate the future interest rates.

RBI has room to cut rates by 25 bps this time: Economists

With the impact of demonetisation still being felt inflation under control, the six-member Monetary Policy Committee will likely recommend a reduction of 25 basis points in key policy rate, feel economists.

April-Aug fiscal deficit at Rs 4.08 lk cr, 76% of FY17 estimate

April-August fiscal deficit has come at Rs 4.08 lakh crore, 76.4 percent of the FY17 estimate. The net tax receipt has come at Rs 2.8 lakh crore while the total spending has come at Rs 8.02 lakh crore, 40.5 percent of FY17.

Expert views on new RBI Governor Urjit Patel

Urjit Patel, 52, is currently a deputy governor and headed a committee on monetary policy reforms whose recommendations to set a inflation and create a new Monetary Policy Committee were backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

WPI inflation rises to near two-year high of 3.55%

WPI inflation climbs to near two-year high at 3.55 percent as against 1.62 percent month-on-month. Industrial inflation climbed to 1.8 percent from 1.17 percent last month.

July WPI worsens to -4.05%, rate cut hopes up

The July Wholesale Price Index (WPI) contracted for ninth straight month to -4.05 percent against -2.4% in June on account of easing commodity and food prices.

Core sector growth rises to 4.4% in May

For the April-May period, output rose 2.1 percent against 4.7 percent year-on-year (YoY).

April WPI inflation falls sixth straight month to -2.65%

Given the weakness in industrial output and downtrend in inflation, expectations of a rate cut by the RBI at its June meet have risen.

Moody's upgrade India outlook: Here's what experts say

Rating agency Moody‘s has affirmed India‘s sovereign rating at BAA3, but raised the rating outlook to ‘positive‘ from ‘stable‘.

October IIP shocks, slips to -4.2%; Nov CPI cools

A CNBC-TV18 poll of analysts had estimated it November CPI at 4.4 percent against 5.52 and October IIP at 2.1 percent against 2.5 percent on a month-on-month basis.

August IIP disappoints; experts await CPI next week

The capital goods growth for the month of August stood at -11.3 percent versus -3.8 percent month-on-month. The manufacturing also contracted to -1.4 percent against -1 percent from the previous month.

Aug industry output at 0.4% as cap goods, mfg shrink

A CNBC-TV18 poll of economists has estimated IIP to come in at 2.4 percent on the back of a pick up in industrial activity and better core sector numbers.

Feb factory output growth, March inflation slows

India's industrial production growth slowed to 0.6 percent in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.

How banks and funds are gaming money markets in India

Banks and mutual funds in India are earning abnormally high returns in money markets by breaching the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rules forbidding forward trades, multiple people involved in the practice said, undermining the effectiveness of monetary policy in the process.

Expert views on August industrial output

India's industrial production rose by a higher-than-expected 2.7 percent in August from a year earlier, after contracting in July.

Expert views: Inflation accelerates to 6.95% in Feb

Indian wholesale price index rose a faster-than-expected 6.95% in February from a year earlier, mainly driven by a surge in food prices, government data showed on Wednesday.

Budget to resume tough fiscal adjustment: BoB economist

The biggest priority before the government of India in the upcoming Union Budget is to resume aggressive fiscal adjustment. Failure to do so will jeopardize India’s sovereign credit rating and complicate efforts to lower interest rates (due to large-sized borrowings) and hinder growth.