The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its latest August 2025 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, decided to hold the repo rate steady at 5.50%, retaining its neutral stance. This comes after a significant 100-basis-point cut in June 2025 and a reduction in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to 3% by the end of 2025,…
Repo rate vs Loan EMI: In the February, April and June monetary policy committee (MPC) meetings this year, borrowers got huge relief from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the central bank gave a cumulative rate cut of 100 bps. The significant rate cut translated into cheaper loans as equated monthly instalments (EMIs) of…
Indian stock markets swung between gains and losses on Wednesday as investors reacted to the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged. The cautious tone from policymakers weighed on rate-sensitive pockets, with realty, auto, and consumer stocks pulling the indices lower through the session. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the repo…
RBI Repo Rate Unchanged: The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday kept the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent, as the Monetary Policy Committee struck a balanced tone between softening inflation and resilient economic growth. The decision unanimously backed by all six MPC members was widely expected, though the central bank’s lowered inflation forecast…
D-Street was pleasantly surprised as RBIÂ slashed the repo rate by 50 basis points on Friday, June 6, pushing rate-sensitive stocks into sharp recovery mode. The repo rate now stands at 5.5 per cent, compared to 6 per cent earlier. The central bank also shifted its stance from ‘accommodative’ to ‘neutral’, signaling a broader reset in…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a sharp 100 basis points (1 per cent) cut in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), lowering it from 4 per cent to 3 per cent, in its second bi-monthly monetary policy review for the fiscal year 2025-26 on June 6, 2025. The decision aims to ease liquidity and…