New Delhi: The RBI is likely to cut benchmark interest rate by another 100 bps in 2020-21 fiscal and continue to employ all policy tools at its disposal to support growth and financial stability to contain the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the economy, Fitch Solutions said Tuesday.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut benchmark repurchase (repo) rate by 75 basis points and its reverse repurchase rate by 90 basis points at an emergency meeting on March 27, bringing the rates to 4.40 per cent and 4.00 per cent, respectively, from 5.15 per cent and 4.90 per cent, previously.
In an outlook for India's interest rates, Fitch Solutions said an easing of inflation back within the RBI's 2-6 per cent target range will provide room for the RBI to