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Saturday, November 1, 2025
TopicMonetary policy

Topic: monetary policy

Inflation concerns after oil price surge spark first RBI interest rate hike in four years

With all six members voting for an increase in rates, the Monetary Policy Committee, raised the repo rate by 25 basis points, RBI said.

India can kiss goodbye to 8 per cent growth if it does not fix its banks

The financial system is still a drag on the economy and underlines the need for improving banking practice, regulation and oversight.

Minutes of RBI policy meeting indicate an interest rate increase, not a cut

Despite lowering inflation projections just two weeks ago, the tone of the minutes show the debate was veering toward a possible interest rate increase and...

Consumer confidence in India falls in Q1 of 2018, remains below pre-demonetisation levels

Consumer confidence index had seen the steepest fall post demonetisation and hasn’t come back to November 2016 level even in 2018.

RBI Paints a ‘Goldilocks’ Economy as Trade War Looms

Investment banks such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expect India to grow at 7.6 %. The pace is probably insufficient for PM Narendra Modi to create enough jobs in time for the national elections due next year.

RBI expected to keep policy rates unchanged despite easing inflation & recovering economy

Opinion, however, is split on whether the central bank will tighten its stance in the later part of the year.

RBI keeps rates unchanged, but raises its inflation forecast

The central bank has raised its inflation forecast for the fourth quarter of the fiscal to 5.1 per cent

RBI keeps policy rates unchanged, revises inflation forecast for Q3 & Q4

The repo rate remains at 6 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 5.75 per cent after improvement in growth numbers, due to inflationary pressures.

Interest rates only instrument for enhancing growth, says economist Surjit Bhalla

RBI to announce monetary policy today; interest rates tripled from 1.25 per cent to 3.2 in past 14 months, says Bhalla, a member of PM’s eco advisory panel.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.