Repo Rate News
India’s transmission of repo rate changes has improved over time
Monetary policy has grown more effective. RBI’s rate-formula tweak for corporate lending may have made a difference.
5 min read11 May 2025HDFC Bank is bracing for the margin impact of repo rate-cutting cycle
As loans get repriced faster than deposits, with most of the loans being on the floating rate, investors have to brace themselves for a negative impact on net interest margin in the short term.
3 min read21 Apr 2025MPC responds to tariff war with 25 bps rate cut, accommodative policy stance
India may grow slower than previously expected this fiscal year, the central bank's monetary policy committee said, at a time the world is bracing for a slowdown resulting from trade tensions.
3 min read9 Apr 2025RBI’s monetary policy has clearly pivoted but it faces a hazy path ahead
Its change in stance to ‘accommodative,’ to go with a rate cut, leaves no doubt over the direction of policy rates. High global economic uncertainty may require some deft manoeuvring on the rupee, though. Choppy trade could spark a worldwide currency war.
3 min read9 Apr 2025RBI’s monetary policy: navigating for growth in choppy waters
RBI has taken the mantle to support growth, which should limit the impact of global headwinds on India’s economy.
4 min read9 Apr 2025The MPC’s decision is the first scene of a whole new tariff-driven drama
On Wednesday, the monetary policy committee of RBI cut its main policy rate and shifted to a dovish stance. Given high levels of economic uncertainty, this isn’t the end of the story. Far from it.
4 min read9 Apr 2025RBI MPC Meeting: RBI slashes FY26 GDP growth outlook to 6.5% from 6.7%
RBI Monetary Policy Decision: The Reserve Bank of India has reduced its GDP growth forecast for FY26 to 6.5%, down from the previous estimate of 6.7%.
1 min read9 Apr 2025RBI Monetary Policy: Repo rate trimmed by 25 bps, growth in focus— 5 key takeaways from April MPC meeting
RBI Monetary Policy: The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI voted unanimously to cut the repo rate by 25 bps to 6 per cent effective immediately.
3 min read9 Apr 2025RBI MPC Meet: Another rate cut likely? Central Bank to hold FY26 first policy meeting starting — April 7
RBI is set to start its monetary policy committee meeting on Monday, April 7, and conclude on Wednesday, April 9. Experts anticipate a possible rate cut from the Governor Sanjay Malhotra headed panel.
2 min read6 Apr 2025RBI to slash interest rates on April 9, once more in August in shortest easing cycle on record: Report
RBI may keep interest rates at six per cent in the June 4-6 meeting. However, a narrow majority of economists, 29 of 49, expected the interest rate to fall to 5.75 per cent in the August meeting, a view unchanged from last month.
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared