RBI: Growth to accelerate, but inflation threat looms

Date posted: Thursday 8 February 2018

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged and warned that inflation risks were skewing upwards. The central bank raised its March quarter Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation forecast to 5.1% and projected an inflation range of 5.1-5.6% in the first half of the next fiscal year. However, RBI posits a revival in growth—projecting an acceleration in economic growth to 7.2% from a level of 6.6% in the current fiscal year. It premises this on a host of factors including revival in investment demand and strengthening exports.

(Live Mint)

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