Even as some analysts are reading the recent steps by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to stem depreciation of rupee as monetary tightening, several banks are thinking otherwise. In order to curb speculative position in foreign exchange market and also to promote investment in rupee debt instruments, RBI hiked the rate on borrowing from marg
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Economic growth may take a hit from RBI steps; experts
Several brokerages and economists expect the Indian economy to grow at a lower pace in 2013-14 than what was anticipated earlier because of the recent measures by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to combat depreciation of rupee. Economists and brokerages feel that RBI's recent measures to control rupee weakness may impede growth
RBI tightens trading norms to curb volatility in currency mkt
In a bid to curb volatility in the currency market, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prohibited banks from taking proprietary position in the currency futures and exchange-traded currency options market. This effectively restricts them to transact only on behalf of clients. Banks carry out currency trading on behalf of their clients while they have a separate desk to trade in the foreign exchange market of their own. The latter is
RBI refrains from reducing policy rate, keeps CRR unchanged
A resolute Reserve Bank of India (RBI) refrained from reducing policy repo rate in its mid-quarter review of monetary policy on June 17, 2013 citing the persistently high food inflation even though general inflation has declined. Thus, the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) remains unchanged at 7.25 per cent and the reverse repo rate remains at 6.25 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 8.25 per cent. The central bank also kept
Members of RBI panel did not favour repo rate cut
Four members of the Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) were not in favour of the central bank cutting repo rate in the May 3 Annual Policy meeting. On May 3, the central bank reduced the repo rate (the interest rate at which banks borrow short-term funds from the central bank) from 7.50 per cent to 7.25 per c