Highlights of RBI monetary policy review
PTI, Aug 6, 2021, 12:06 PM IST
Mumbai: Following are the highlights of announcements made by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das after the third bi-monthly monetary policy review by MPC on Friday:
- Monetary Policy Committee keeps key interest rate (repo) unchanged at 4 pc for 7th consecutive time;
- Consequently, the reverse repo rate to remains unchanged at 3.35 pc;
- Bank rate also remains same at 4.25 pc;
- RBI to continue its accommodative stance to sustain growth amid COVID;
- Retail inflation (CPI) projection at 5.7 pc during 2021-22; may drop to 5.1 pc in Q1 of next fiscal;
- RBI retains GDP growth projection for 2021-22 at 9.5 pc;
- RBI says some high-frequency indicators looking up again during June-July;
- RBI proposes to conduct two more auctions of Rs 25,000 crore each in August under G-SAP 2.0;
- Repo rate cut by 250 bps since February 2019, reduced bank lending rate by 217 bps;
- RBI says domestic borrowing costs have eased;
- Transmission to lending rates has been stronger for MSMEs, housing and large industries;
- A significant cut in interest rates on personal housing loans and loans to the commercial real estate sector augurs well for the economy;
- RBI announces additional measures on liquidity front;
- After the onset of the COVID pandemic, RBI says it announced over 100 measures to mitigate its impact;
- The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled for October 6 to 8
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