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RBI keeps policy rate unchanged after six consecutive meetings; cuts growth forecast to 9.5%

Press Trust of India • June 4, 2021, 11:27:25 IST
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MPC decided to maintain the status quo, that is keeping benchmark repurchase (repo) rate at 4%. Consequently, the reverse repo rate will also continue to earn 3.35% interest for banks

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RBI keeps policy rate unchanged after six consecutive meetings; cuts growth forecast to 9.5%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 percent but maintained an accommodative stance as the economy faces heat of the second COVID wave. This is the sixth time in a row that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has maintained status quo. RBI had last revised its policy rate on 22 May, 2020, in an off-policy cycle to perk up demand by cutting the interest rate to a historic low. MPC decided to maintain the status quo, that is keeping benchmark repurchase (repo) rate at 4 percent, Das said while announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy review on Friday. Consequently, the reverse repo rate will also continue to earn 3.35 percent for banks for their deposits kept with RBI. Das said MPC voted unanimously for keeping the interest rate unchanged and decided to continue with its accommodative stance as long as necessary to support growth and keep inflation within the target. The central bank lowered its estimate for economic growth to 9.5 percent for the current fiscal from earlier projection of 10.5 percent due to the impact of the second COVID wave. This is the first MPC meeting after official data showed that Indian economy contracted 7.3 percent in the last fiscal, weighed down by nationwide lockdown that pummelled consumption and halted most economic activities. With regard to inflation, the governor said that retail inflation is likely to be 5.1 percent during the current fiscal. MPC has been given the mandate to maintain annual inflation at 4 percent until March 31, 2026, with an upper tolerance of 6 percent and a lower tolerance of 2 percent.

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