Our objective is to support growth: Shaktikanta Das
RBI’s status quo on interest rates, guidance on inflation and GDP, and thrust on economic growth pushes equity indices to new lifetime highs.
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The build-up to RBI’s ‘bazooka’
Minutes of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting highlight that members were divided on the space for future rate cuts.
India’s forex kitty could swell to $550 billion
Since April 2001 foreign exchange reserves grew 11.15 times to $476.09 billion in mid-February; the RBI may add $21 billion more by March 2021, according to a BofA Securities report.
RBI announces second round of Operation Twist
The central bank announced a second special open market operation for ₹10,000 crore on December 30. The RBI will simultaneously buy and sell government bonds to lower long-term bond yields.
