RESERVE-BANK-OF-INDIA

Analysis: RBI Rate Hike -- Normal or Above-Normal?

(This Analysis was first published on Tuesday, September 27)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, September 27, 2022)—If 50 basis points rate hike is the new normal, does the shift in global rate view and upside risk on inflation...

RESERVE-BANK-OF-INDIA, 29 Sep 2022, 01:00 PM
Analysis: India RBI’s Unique MPC Framework May Signal Need For Ac...

(This Analysis was first published on Thursday, October 7 at 11:51 PM as an email to premium subcribers)

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, October 7, 2021)—The Reserve Bank of India is an inflation targeting central bank but h...

RESERVE-BANK-OF-INDIA, 08 Oct 2021, 01:27 PM
Analysis: India RBI Signals Change in Reaction Function Amid Elev...

By Sophia Rodrigues

The Reserve Bank of India recently introduced a date-based forward guidance to signal a change in its reaction function in an environment of elevated inflation and to reiterate its accommodative policy stance.

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RESERVE-BANK-OF-INDIA, 14 Oct 2020, 04:57 PM
RBI Likely to Ease MonPol Despite Risk of Inflation Target Failur...

By Sophia Rodrigues

Economists are divided over whether the Reserve Bank of India will lower policy rates later Thursday, but the likelihood of cuts may be more than even.

Policy rates refer to both the repo rate and the revers...

RESERVE-BANK-OF-INDIA, 06 Aug 2020, 12:37 PM
Analysis: Unconventional Policy When Inflation High? India’s RBI...

By Sophia Rodrigues

Central banks typically resort to Unconventional Monetary Policy Tools when inflation rate is low and policy rate is at the Effective Lower Bound.

But one central bank is using the so-called unconventional m...

RESERVE-BANK-OF-INDIA, 06 Feb 2020, 08:31 PM
Analysis: Would 2020 Be the Year of RBA FX Intervention?

By Sophia Rodrigues

There was one line in the recent U.S. Treasury report on foreign-exchange policies of major trading partners that went largely unreported – the one where it complimented India for its “transparent” f...

RESERVE-BANK-OF-INDIA, 24 Jan 2020, 03:35 PM