Economics
India’s RBI Vows Easy Money as Long as Needed to Aid Growth
- Repurchase rate kept steady at 4% for third straight meeting
- Some Asia-Pacific central banks have resumed policy easing
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India’s central bank pledged to keep its easy money policy for as long as necessary to support the virus-battered economy, while for now leaving borrowing costs unchanged amid stubborn inflation.
The Reserve Bank of India will use a variety of tools to ensure easy financing conditions and market stability, Governor Shaktikanta Das said Friday after a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee. The panel decided to leave the benchmark repurchase rate steady at 4% -- a decision forecast by all 32 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.