 | India's economic growth appears to be very fragile, says RBI's MPC memberThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected India's economic growth at 6.4 per cent for 2023- 24. |
 | Don’t forget growth in race to curb inflationCentral banks around the globe have an unenviable job of regulating the unusually flaring inflation amid fears of a recession. |
 | Sensex, Nifty start on choppy note; IT stocks declineThe Reserve Bank is slated to announce the bi-monthly monetary policy later in the day. |
 | Banks increase lending rates by 190 bps in tandem with RBI's repo rate hikeFurther, banks have also increased their 1-year median marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) by 85 bps from May to October 2022. |
 | High inflation rate mainly a consequence of exogenous price shocks: RBI MPC memberAs per the mandate given to the RBI by the Union government, the central bank is required to ensure retail inflation remains at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side. |
 | 'Eight years of systemic reforms increased India's macroeconomic stability': RBI MPC MemberAshima Goyal further said appropriate countercyclical macroeconomic policy with continuing supply-side improvements has enabled a growth recovery that is among the best in the world. |
 | 'Freebies are never free; political parties must be required to inform voters about financial implications': RBI MPC memberGoyal further said a cost is imposed somewhere when governments provide freebies, but this is worth incurring for public goods and services that build capacity. |
 | RBI's aggressive rate hike signals trying times aheadFriday's rate hike only confirms how inflation perched itself firmly above the central banks' upper tolerance band of 6%, and will likely stay there at least until December. |
 | How inflation affects your ‘defensive’ investmentsWords like ‘inflation’ and ‘prices’ figured over 300 times in the recently-released Monetary Policy Report of the Reserve Bank of India. |
 | RBI predicts retail inflation to rise to 5.1 per cent in March quarter of fiscalThe central bank has also projected inflation to be in the range of 5.1-5.6 per cent in the first half of 2018-19. |
