India’s latest inflation data has landed like a cool breeze in the sweltering summer of economic uncertainty.
With the MoU coming into play, the entities will cooperate with each other in the areas of mutual interest where they will share relevant intelligence and information, available in their respective databases.
The softening of CPI inflation will boost India’s private final consumption expenditure, the largest component of the GDP, industry leaders said on Tuesday.
India's central bank has once again stepped in with a measured response to the growing economic uncertainty by cutting the repo rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to 6 per cent.
With the RBI’s 50 basis points cumulative reduction in policy rates since February this year, transmission of the rate cut by banks is expected in the coming quarters, according to an SBI report.
S&P Global credit analyst Geeta Chugh said: “India’s regulator has underscored its commitment to strengthening the financial sector.”
Paytm saw its worse after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put a ban over the operations of its payment bank services.
The RBI said the rupee is among the least volatile currencies and is steadily appreciating. "The INR has been bolstered by a pick-up in foreign direct investment by 11.4 percent year-on-year in October-December 2023," it said.
However, sequentially, the figure jumped by 38.4 per cent from $2.19 billion in January 2024, the figures showed.
In the narrative of a nation’s economic performance, GDP growth often takes centre stage, like the star student’s report card that parents eagerly await.
