RBI Repo Rate Cut: There may be news of relief for the general public, especially for those who are planning to take a new loan or whose EMI for home, car or personal loan is going on. RBI may make another cut in repo rate by the end of this year, which will increase the possibility of reduction in EMI. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra has indicated that current economic indicators show scope for a cut in the repo rate.
Big signal before MPC meeting
He said that the final decision on this will be taken in the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI. His statement has come at the same time when the MPC meeting is going to be held between 3rd to 5th December.
Malhotra said that in the October meeting itself it was indicated that further rate cuts were possible, hence an important announcement could be made in the upcoming meeting. It is noteworthy that between February and June, MPC has reduced the repo rate by about 100 basis points, whereas in August and October the repo rate was kept constant at 5.5 percent.
environment favorable for rate cuts
Experts estimate that there may be a rate cut of up to 25 basis points in December. The main reason behind this possible cut is that according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), inflation has fallen to a record 0.25 percent in October, which was 1.44 percent in September. On the question of major cut in repo rate, the Governor said that the first goal of the central bank is price stability and the second goal is to support development. Therefore, the bank will neither aggressively cut rates nor adopt a completely defensive stance.
When Sanjay Malhotra was asked a question on the continuously falling value of the rupee, he said that historically the rupee has seen a decline of about three to three and a half percent every year. He said that the aim of RBI is to keep the fluctuations of the rupee as smooth and controlled as possible, so that sudden or sharp changes in the exchange rate do not create economic instability.
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