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Reserve Bank of India Lifts Rates

123jump.com Staff
11 Jun, 2008
New York City

    The Reserve Bank of India raised its key interest rate by 0.25% to 8%. The RBI noted in its release a sharp rise in inflation to 8.9% in April from 4.4% in January of this year. The sharp increase in energy and food prices has lifted inflation to a record high.

[R]10:15 New York – The Reserve Bank of India raised its key interest rate by 0.25%, first interest rate increase in fifteen months.[/R]

The Reserve Bank of India raised its key interest rate this afternoon, two months ahead of its scheduled meeting on July 29. The Reserve Bank of India has increased the repo rate by 25 basis points to 8.00% from 7.75%. The reverse repo rate has been left unchanged.

The wholesale prices inflation which was 4.36% on January 12, 2008 at the time of announcement of the third quarter review increased to 7.33% on April 12, 2008 at the time of announcement of the annual review and to a high of 8.24% on May 24, 2008. The consumer price index inflation which ranged from 4.8% to 5.9% in January 2008 has increased between 7.8% and 8.9% in April 2008.

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