The Reserve Bank raised the benchmark policy repo rate, the rate at which it lends to banks by 50 basis points ( one basis point is 0.01 percent) to 5.4 percent in its September 30 policy statement as consumer inflation has been consistently above the upper band of the mandated target of 2-6 per cent even as growth concerns remain.
US stocks today: S&P 500 hits record closing high on AI optimism, Micron joins $1 trillion club
US stocks closed mixed with Nasdaq and S&P 500 hitting record levels as AI-driven optimism lifted tech and chip stocks. Micron surged into the $1