With retail inflation rising for the last four months, the RBI may find it difficult to cut rates going foward

The current slowdown is the third slowdown since 1996 and will be the longest in the past 23 years if the next quarter's GDP is worse than 4.5%

SBI MCLR cut: The bank has stated that it is the cheapest loan provider in the country

India's GDP growth rate slowed down to 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter of this fiscal; matters have worsened since the June quarter when GDP growth slowed to 5 per cent, lowest in six years and a quarter

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Amid market-wide selloff, shares of YES Bank resumed selling streak on Thursday with shares falling as much as 3.56 per cent to touch an intraday low of Rs 60.80 as investors remained unconvinced over the bank's fund raising plans

Since January 2014, RBI has reduced repo rate by 2.85 per cent to 5.15 per cent in October 2019. But, banks have not transferred this rate cut in entirety to consumers which is yet to be transmitted to retail borrowers

MPC wants to have a greater clarity on nature of fiscal measures Modi government is planning to take in Union Budget 2020-21 next year; it also wants to see a greater transmission key lending rates

The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep repo rate unchanged but sharply cut GDP forecast for 2019-20. Here's all you need to know about the MPC meet.

The monetary policy panel under Shaktikanta Das has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent; the central bank says it'll continue with its 'accommodative' stance

The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is slated to announce its fifth bi-monthly policy decision for this fiscal later in the day.

There will be four things to watch out for in the RBI's monetary policy statement today -- GDP forecast, fiscal deficit, inflation outlook and repo rate

MPC Meet: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das-headed MPC has cut interest rates on every bi-monthly meet since he joined the apex bank last December

All the key economic indicators have been on a downward swing for quite some time. If this slide is not checked India may slip into recession sooner than later. In this first part of a two-part series, the article looks at what the major economic indicators are telling about the state of Indian economy

When RBI cuts repo rate, it expects banks to pass on the benefit by lowering interest rates on all types of loans, including home loans and car loans

In five reductions by RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) so far in 2019, interest rates have been lowered by a total of 135 basis points over concerns that growth momentum is slowing down and also to try to boost liquidity in the financial system

RBI has cut rates by 135 basis points this year to 5.15%, but inflation has remained low by historical standards

Ind-Ra said that even GDP growth of 5.6 per cent will \"require heavy lifting by the government\". It warned that sticking to the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent could push GDP growth even below 5.6 per cent

The central bank has already chopped 135 basis points off its key lending rate, but this has failed to spur demand

The sharp rise in CPI is scary for borrowers both individual and corporate as the Reserve Bank of India targets retail inflation to fix the short-term repo rate