The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) started its three-day meeting on Monday amid expectations the panel would keep the policy repo rate constant and retain its accom...

The government on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank to maintain status quo on retail inflation targeting at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side for another five-year period ending Mar...

The Centre is reportedly set to continue with the current inflation target of 4 per cent with a band of plus and minus 2 per cent — in what should come as a respite to the Reserve Bank of India ...

The wholesale price-based inflation doubled to a 27-month high in February to 4.17 per cent, led by soaring fuel prices and an uptick in food prices. This effectively dims hopes for any policy rate re...

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Sunday cautioned that “drastic changes” in India’s monetary policy framework can upset the bond market as the current system has helped to conta...

Years from now you would remember the last few months of fiscal 2020-21 for a number of reasons — the arrival of a vaccine, the appearance of green shoots in some corners of the economy, the far...

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Retail inflation accelerated to a three-month high of 5.03 per cent in February amid a spike in fuel and food prices, raising concerns of inflationary pressure adding to fragile economic growth. Reta...

Retail inflation rose to 5.03 per cent in February mainly on account of higher food prices, government data showed on Friday. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation was at 4.06 per cen...

No one relishes the prospect of a battle royale between the government and the monetary authorities. But one could boil over later this month when the flexible inflation targeting framework ...