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Rate hike for sure, but by how much, Governor?

It's time the central bank talked about 'appropriate' liquidity instead of 'adequate' liquidity

Rate hike for sure, but by how much, Governor?
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Tamal Bandyopadhyay
At the last auction of the 364-day Treasury Bills on June 1, the cut-off yield crossed 6 per cent to reach 6.0801 per cent. The last time we saw the cut-off yield of this instrument exceed 6 per cent was on July 10, 2019 (6.0611 per cent).

What was the level of retail inflation then? In July 2019, the consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation was 3.15 per cent, down from 3.18 per cent in June. What was the policy repo rate? It was on a downward trajectory — 5.75 per cent, from 6 per cent in April, with two more rate
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