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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicMonetary policy

Topic: monetary policy

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

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.