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Follow on Google News | RBI’s Fight against Inflation Continues - Report by Capital TrendsIn that case, RBI’s stance on interest rates should be appreciated, as it has clearly mentioned that further rate cuts may be stimulated after there is some respite in the inflation trend.
By: Capital Trends But, it is essential to note that the apex bank has acted prudently at the time when it is entangled between rate cut pressures and inflationary pressures. On one hand, the central bank has been facing growing pressures from the government, economists and many industrial bodies to slash down the interest rates. And on the other hand, RBI has been expressing its concerns on the persisting inflationary risks in the economy. Inflation which has continued to remain above the comfort level of 5%, has stronger impact on the monetary policy. RBI has refrained to reduce the interest rates as the upside risks to inflation remain high due to high rural wages, inadequate supply response in some food articles and short-term pressures from administered fuel price revisions. Because of these upside risks, the RBI has been reiterating that it will focus on its fight against inflation to bring price stability in the economy. Both the government and the RBI share concerns on growth and inflation. But, the important thing is that the balance shifts to growth for the government and for RBI, the greater balance is shifted to inflation. Government has initiated some important measures towards reviving economic growth and primarily towards fiscal consolidation by diesel price hikes. After taking into account the whole macroeconomic scenario and the upside risks, the apex bank has projected a growth of 5.8% for the economy, which is lower than its previous estimate of 6.5%. Government has to do every bit to bolster the economic growth and revive the investment confidence in the economy and at the same time, RBI has to work very meticulously to provide better monetary policy in order to ensure price stability in the market. Government’s recent measures towards fiscal consolidation is yet to provide cushion to the growing risks in the economy. In that case, RBI’s stance on interest rates should be appreciated, as it has clearly mentioned that further rate cuts may be stimulated after there is some respite in the inflation trend. Capital Trends has published this article, the owner of this company is Parvesh Sharma. Company provides various services like investment newsletter @ http://www.capitaltrends.in/ End
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