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Raghuram Rajan leaves repo rate, CRR unchanged

Raghuram Rajan leaves repo rate, CRR unchanged

The RBI kept its key repo rate at 8.00 per cent, in line with the forecast of all 53 economists in a Reuters poll last week. Since taking office in September, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has raised the repo rate three times by a total of 75 basis points.

Suvashree Dey Choudhury and Tony Munroe
  • Updated Apr 1, 2014 12:04 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan leaves repo rate, CRR unchanged RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.

The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday left its policy interest rate unchanged, as expected, and said it does not expect further near-term policy tightening if headline inflation continues to ease towards the bank's targeted level.

The RBI kept its key repo rate at 8.00 per cent, in line with the forecast of all 53 economists in a Reuters poll last week. Since taking office in September, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has raised the repo rate three times by a total of 75 basis points.

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Consumer price index inflation eased to 8.10 percent in February, near the RBI's January 2015 target of 8 percent, while the wholesale price index slowed to a 9-month low of 4.68 percent. The RBI wants CPI inflation to ease further to 6 percent by January 2016.

"If inflation continues along the intended glide path, further policy tightening in the near term is not anticipated at this juncture," Rajan said in his policy statement.

(Reuters)

Published on: Apr 1, 2014 11:36 AM IST
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