As the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets up ahead of the crucial monetary policy announcement on 07th December, the key question is whether there will be a rate cut or not? While the original expectation was that the rate cut will be put off due to the uncertainty over Fed rate trajectory, the impact of …
The 5th Monetary Policy for the financial year 2016-17 was announced by the RBI on December 07th after 2 days of deliberations by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). It is necessary to understand the background to the policy to appreciate the key announcements in a better perspective. Firstly, there is the demonetization exercise whose full …
The Purchase Manager Index (PMI) announced each month is a quick barometer of whether the business environment is showing signs of expansion or contraction. Ever since the demonetization process was set in motion in early November, small and large businesses have remonstrated against the negative impact on footfalls and business flows. But the PMI numbers …
The 5th Monetary Policy for the financial year 2016-17 was announced by the RBI on December 07th after 2 days of deliberations by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). It is necessary to understand the background to the policy to appreciate the key announcements in a better perspective. Firstly, there is the demonetization exercise whose full …
On the lines of the WPI inflation which was announced earlier during the day on 15th November, the CPI inflation number which was announced later during the day also came in lower than the October 2015 figure. CPI inflation, which is a measure of retail consumer inflation, came in at 4.20% for October 2016, lower …
The GST Council finally announced the specific rate slabs under the GST Bill. At the lowest level of GST will be the exempt goods which will carry 0% GST and these will be the basic necessities constituting nearly 50% of the CPI basket. The next slab will be the 5% slab, which will cover items …
The Monetary Policy announced by the RBI on October 04th was largely dovish on expected lines. The policy was announced in the background of 3 key triggers. Firstly, the overall CPI inflation had fallen sharply in the month of August 2016 to 5.05% from a level of 6.07% in July 2016. This was largely driven by …
RBI to continue with accommodative stance The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the key policy rates unchanged in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review. Consequently, the repo rate remains at 6.5% and the CRR at 4%. An above average monsoon is likely to bring down the food inflation and consequently the CPI inflation …
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