The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key interest rate for the first time in nearly five years on Friday, as it seeks to ...

By cutting rates, the RBI sends a message that it is ready to support growth, confident that the worst of inflation is over.

Despite the widely expected rate cut to 6.25% and the central bank’s ‘neutral’ stance, investor sentiment remained subdued.

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Having commenced the easing cycle by cutting the benchmark repo rate by 25 basis ... sees more space to ease rates further. Elevated rates have impacted India’s GDP growth this fiscal According ...

The decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points could be a much-needed relief for the consumers who have been grappling with the pressure of inflation and ...

The policy panel has estimated the GDP growth at 6.7 per cent and projected retail inflation at 4.2 per cent for the fiscal 2025-26. The main reason behind the repo rate cut is to stimulate economic ...

This was followed with 50bps of CRR reduction in December, plethora of liquidity supporting measures in January and now a 25bps of repo ... GDP data, global dynamics, currency, crude, March heat waves ...

It also projected the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth for FY26 at 6.7 per cent. Repo rate is the rate at which commercial banks borrow from the RBI. Easing interest rates will make borrowing ...

At the press conference after the monetary policy announcement, a clearly worried RBI governor said that the pervasive ...