RBI increases Repo rate by 50 bps to 5.9%

The decision of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das headed six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has been announced on Friday. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has hiked the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.90%, the fourth straight increase in the current cycle, to tame sustained above-target retail inflation rate.

RBI had slashed the repo rate in March, 2020 with an aim to cushion the impact of covid-induced lockdown, and maintained status-quo in the benchmark interest rate for almost two years before increasing it on May 4, 2022.