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To achieve positive real rate, MPC needs to take repo rate closer to 6%

In our view, the MPC is likely to deliver a 50 bps increase in the repo rate (currently at 4.9 per cent), for both global and domestic reasons

BS policy poll: RBI may push rates up by 30-50 bps, say economists

MPC may front-load rate hikes to tame inflation, say economists

RBI MPC preview: Das and Co may hike repo rate by 25-50 bps in August

If the inflation remains above 6% on average for the next three months, the RBI will have to explain to the govt in writing the reasons for its failure to keep the rate of price rise in check

Ending of rate hikes in US to stem sharp rupee depreciation

With front-loaded rate hikes by the US Fed, the US dollar will remain relatively strong in the immediate term

Worst of inflation may be behind us, RBI staff say in July 2022 Bulletin

According to the July Bulletin article, the current level of reserves were equivalent to 9.5 months of imports projected for 2022-23

India's retail inflation stays above 7%; IIP growth hits 12-month high

Electricity was the biggest driver of industrial output, rising 23.5%. Manufacturing output grew by 20.6%, while mining output grew by 10.9%

Will easing farm commodity prices provide room to RBI to pause rate hikes?

While the govt has introduced windfall tax and export curbs to arrest runaway prices, a lot depends on how the monsoon pans out this season

Inflation risk has peaked in Asia; rate hikes may moderate: Morgan Stanley

Inflation as measured by the CPI index stood at 7.04 in May 2022, higher than the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) comfort zone of 2 - 6 per cent

What RBI's letter to govt on missing inflation target is likely to contain

Failure to keep inflation between 2-6% for three straight quarters will require RBI Governor to explain to FinMin why target was missed, and steps MPC will take to achieve it going forward

Inflation targeting

It should be followed and communicated properly

Don't think today's situation calls for negative real rates: Jayanth Varma

Either inflation has to come down on its own or we will have to raise the rate, or it will be a combination of the two, says MPC member Varma

What is MPC member Jayant R Verma on inflation & economic challenges?

In a chat with Business Standard's Manojit Saha, external MPC member Jayant R Verma said that the country will have to tolerate a modest growth sacrifice now as the RBI fights inflation. Listen in

The RBI MPC serves no purpose other than cosmetic and should be dismantled

There are two insurmountable hurdles in the path of RBI's independence on monetary policy. These hurdles make committees redundant

Who doesn't want growth?

The RBI, however, cannot use the growth argument to justify inflation

MPC members indicate more rate hikes to tackle rising inflation

The rate-setting committee has increased the policy repo rate by 90 basis points in May and June, to 4.9 per cent

RBI aim is to not have over-tightening or over-stimulus: MPC's Ashima Goyal

Central bank has to target inflation but with 'awareness of nuances',' she says in interview.

MPC minutes flag inflation worry; aim to bring CPI within target band by Q4

CPI inflation was 7.04% in May. In its June policy review, the MPC raised repo rate by 50 bps to 4.9%, taking the total tally of rate hikes since May to 90 bps

Failed auto-debit requests ease to a 38-month low in May, shows NACH data

'Improving bounce-rate trajectory suggests slippages, credit cost will descend in FY23'

Policy signals calibrated tightening

During the gradual transition to a neutral stance, maybe over the next couple of months, liquidity management will play an important role in transitioning the WACR closer to the repo rate

RBI monetary policy: Missing inflation mandate now a 'fait accompli'

Consumer price index-based inflation, the yardstick of the RBI in monetary policy making, was, on average, above 6 per cent during the January-March quarter