RBI MPC meet: Announcing the outcome of the second bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das kept interest rates unchanged and retained an accommodative stance for the sixth consecutive time. Das announced the MPC's decision after it concluded its three-day meet on June 4. The central bank also trimmed the FY22 GDP forecast to 9.5% from 10.5%. The RBI had kept repo rate unchanged at 4% and the reverse repo rate at 3.35% in the April policy review.
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