RBI inflation target News
The RBI kept the key policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for a ninth consecutive meeting on Thursday as it continues to maintain a balance between accelerating economic growth and keeping inflation under control.
According to the Japanese financial services major, a moderation in WPI inflation in the coming months is likely owing to falling vegetable prices and favourable base effects.
The government data released on Monday showed that inflation in food articles tapered to 2.04 percent in September, as against 5.75 percent in August on an yearly basis.
RBI expects retail inflation to fall to 2-3.5 percent in the first half of current fiscal and move up to 4.5 percent in the second half saying that rush for farm loan waivers may have inflationary spillovers.
Under Governor Urjit Patel, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will target inflation of 4 percent, three officials familiar with its thinking said, adopting a narrower reading of its mandate than markets in a bid to stamp out rampant price rises of the past.
India is likely to meet the central bank`s inflation target of 6 percent by January 2016, while economic growth is expected to gradually pick up, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor S.S. Mundra said on Thursday.
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