The RBI’s policy reductions have gone hand-in-hand with liquidity injection Following up on its previous off-policy meeting, the RBI called another unscheduled monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting and announced a 40 basis point reduction in repo and reverse repo rate to 4% and 3.35%, respectively.
The reverse repo is only 10 bps higher than the previous low of 3.25% seen in 2009. With this, the MPC has reduced rates by 115 bps since March and 250 bps since last year.
The RBI does get the unique distinction of leading the Asian monetary easing cycle since last year and, now, with its policy response to the pandemic.