RBI governor Shaktikanta Das meets PSU banks' CEOs, conveys regulator's expectations from banking sector

New Delhi: Ahead of the monetary policy review, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday met heads of public sector banks and conveyed to them the regulator’s expectation from the banking sector. RBI is scheduled to announce its sixth bi-monthly monetary policy for 2018-19 on 7 February. It would be the first monetary review under the new RBI Governor. [caption id=“attachment_5766671” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Shaktikanta Das, RBI Governor. Reuters image.[/caption] “Basically the idea was to convey to them the regulator’s expectation from the banking sector in general and public sector banks in particular, and also to get from them their understanding of the current banking situation, and to get an understanding about the future outlook, the sense they have,” Das said after meeting CEOs of PSU banks. It is widely expected that RBI would cut interest rate in its upcoming review meeting. With softer retail and wholesale price-based inflation, the Reserve Bank is likely to change its policy stance to ’neutral’ from ‘calibrated tightening’ in the February policy. The inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) eased to an 18-month low of 2.19 percent in December compared to 2.33 percent in November and 5.21 percent in December 2017. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation also eased to an eight-month low of 3.80 percent in December as against 4.64 percent in November and 3.58 percent in December 2017.     To keep watching India’s No. 1 English Business News Channel – CNBC-TV18, call your Cable or DTH Operator and ask for the Colors Family Pack (inclusive of 24 channels), available for Rs. 35/- per month, or subscribe to the channel for Rs. 4/- per day. To keep watching the Leader in Global Market & Business News – CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, call your Cable or DTH Operator and ask for the Colors Family HD Pack (inclusive of 25 channels), available for Rs. 50/- per month, or subscribe to the channel for Rs. 1/- per day.