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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das declared on Friday that the MPC has opted to maintain the repo rate at 6.50%.
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das declared on Friday that the MPC has opted to maintain the repo rate at 6.50%.
 
                  
 
                  
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) forecasts retail inflation at 6.5% for FY2022-23, and 5.3% for the next fiscal year.
 
                  
Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), stated on Wednesday that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its February meeting has put real GDP growth for FY24 at 6.4%, while growth for FY23 has been pegged at 7%. The MPC predicts 7.8% growth in Q1FY24, 6.2% in Q2, 6% in Q3, and 5.8% in Q4.
 
                  
Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, stated on Wednesday that the goal of the central bank was to bring inflation down to its target.
 
                  
According to Shaktikanta Das, the goal of the central bank is to make sure that everyone obeys traffic rules rather than to punish or hinder anyone.
 
                  
In response to the recent increase in inflation, Shaktikanta Das stated that a similar scenario existed in 2020 and that he thinks that inflation would reduce in the future.
 
                  
The central bank also recognizes that information must be accompanied by matching actions in order to develop credibility and instil wider trust in the policy.
 
                  
The expansion in GDP during 2021-22 is expected to be at 8.9% as against to a squeeze of 6.6% in 2020-21, as per the data announced by the National Statistical Office.
 
                  
Amidst retail inflation climbing to 6.01 percent in January and expected to continue high through April, foreign brokerage research predicts that the RBI will hold key policy rates constant during the first half of 2022.
 
                  
Real GDP growth has been projected at 7.8% for FY 22-23. CPI inflation for FY 22-23 is at 4.5% announces RBI Governor.
 
                  
In a statement, the decision was announced to be effective beginning from the end of Shaktikanta Das’ first term on December 10.
 
                  
“We are being extremely careful about it because it’s completely a new product, not just for RBI, but globally," Das said in an interaction with the international business news channel on Thursday.
 
                  
Economists, henceforth, anticipate RBI to start with policy normalization just after the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year.
 
                  
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has announced the bi-monthly monetary policy statement on Wednesday.
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