The central bank has raised the key policy rate by a cumulative 1.9 percentage points in four successive reviews beginning May to 5.9%, above pre-pandemic levels. Last month, the RBI retained its inflation projection for FY23 at 6.7% while lowering the growth forecast to 7% from 7.2% estimated earlier. On March 31, 2021, the Centre retained the inflation target and the tolerance band for the next 5-year period – April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2026.
Chicago Fed President Goolsbee rejects calls for Fed rate cuts to ease US debt burden
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee rejected calls for interest-rate cuts to ease the US government’s debt burden, warning that such a move could fuel inflation