India Holds Rates at Seven-Year Low to Spur Flagging Growth
- Key rate kept at 6% as seen by 31 of 32 economists in survey
- FY18 growth forecast cut, inflation projected to accelerate
The Reserve Bank of India
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India held interest rates at the lowest level since 2010, as it looks to spur growth without stoking inflation.
The benchmark repurchase rate was kept at 6 percent, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement in Mumbai Wednesday, as predicted by 31 of 32 economists in a Bloomberg survey. One had expected a cut to 5.75 percent.