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It was widely expected that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would cut interest rates on Friday for two reasons. The first is that by now it

Friday’s cut in the repo rate of 25 basis points, taking it to 5.15%, which is the lowest in nine years, is unlikely to move

The RBI has tossed the ball firmly into the government’s court. The Monetary Policy Committee has cut the repo rate by 25 basis points; not 35, as

Here are the top questions that assume significance in the backdrop of the current economic slump: The most important question The cut in FY20 real

The Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) decision to lower the repo rate for the fifth time in a row but by only 25 basis points sends

Bank Interest Rates: The Reserve Bank’s decision to cut short term inter-bank lending rate by another 25 basis point may not be the last rate cut

Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the fifth straight rate reduction to a decadal low of 5.15 percent was necessitated by the growing

Lower rates and fiscal stimulus alone will not spur growth. Structural constraints, economic and financial, need to be addressed Himadri BhattacharyaWith a 25-basis point cut

But, there are limits to the effectiveness of monetary policy in a demand-constrained economy with ‘weak consumer sentiment’ It was an anxious Monetary Policy Committee