29th November, 2024 Summary: India’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the July-September quarter (Q2) of FY 2024-25 has slowed to 5.4%, the lowest in seven quarters, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO). This marks a decline from 6.7% in Q1 FY 2024-25 and 8.1% in the corresponding period last […]
India’s WPI Inflation eases to 10.70% in September Apr 3, 2023 | 2022(October), Blog 14th October, 2022 According to the government data released on 14th October 2022, India’s wholesale price-based inflation eased in Setember to 10.70% as against 12.41% in August 2022, while WPI for July month has been revised to 14.07% from 13.93%. Despite […]
Categories2023(July) BlogFOMC MeetingJune 15, 2023 Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided unanimously to keep the Fed funds rate or the benchmark US interest rate at which the Fed lends money to commercial banks unchanged at 5-5.25%, a first pause in 15 months of back-to-back increases. This decision was in line […]
9th April, 2025 RBI Goes Accommodative: Repo Rate at 6% After April MPC Meet Summary: In its April 2025 meeting, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, cut the key policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6%, citing softening inflation and global uncertainties. The policy […]
June 2022 CPI Review Apr 3, 2023 | 2022(June), Blog CPI inflation increased to 7.01% in June’22 from 5.58% in June’21 owing to global inflation headwinds & weakness in rupee. Overall price levels in June’22 however inched up 0.52% from the previous month, highlighting the underlying persistent price pressures. This is the sixth consecutive month […]
RBI pauses for a second time in a row; the repo rate remains at 6.5%. RBI pauses for a second time in a row; the reporate remains at 6.5%.9th June, 2023SummaryThe Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its second bi-monthly monetary policy meeting of FY24 decided to leave the repo rate […]
6th June, 2025 Summary: In a surprise move, the RBI cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.5% in its June MPC meeting, marking the third consecutive cut in 2025 and taking the cumulative reduction to 100 bps YTD. The central bank shifted its stance from ‘Accommodative’ to ‘Neutral’ while lowering the CPI […]
RBI MPC MEET – Key Takeaways – August 2022 Apr 3, 2023 | 2022(August), Blog Summary Even as inflation is expected to have peaked, the RBI has proceeded with yet another sizeable rate increase, the third in a row at its just concluded monetary policy meet. With the latest hike of 50 bps (higher than […]
India witnessed a 15-month high in retail inflation, reaching 7.44%, surpassing the tolerance threshold set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). India witnessed a 15-month high in retail inflation, reaching 7.44%, surpassing the tolerance threshold set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).August 14, 2023CPI JulyRetail inflation, measured by the consumer price index, surged […]
6th August 2025, After three consecutive rate cuts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) opted to maintain the repo rate at 5.5% during its third bi-monthly monetary policy review for FY2025–26, held on Wednesday, 6 August. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra stated that the central bank has adopted a neutral stance, balancing declining inflation against rising […]
