India's central bank keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5 pct
STORY: India's central bank keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5 pct
DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:44
LOCATION: New Delhi
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of India gate
2. various of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
3. various of markets
STORYLINE:
India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday kept the key policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent.
This was the fourth time when the RBI kept the repo rate steady.
Addressing media persons in financial capital Mumbai, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, "After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic and financial developments and the outlook, RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided unanimously to keep the Policy Repo Rate unchanged at 6.5 percent."
The announcement came after the RBI's six-member MPC held a meeting on Oct. 4-6.
The RBI governor stated that the retail inflation was projected at 5.4 percent for the financial year 2023-24 through next March.
"Headline inflation had surged in July driven by tomatoes an
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