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.
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