Following is the text of the Statement made by the Union Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram while addressing a Press Conference here today: I complete one year as the Finance Minister today. I look back to the First Statement made by me on August 6, 2012 and how we overcame, in good measure, the challenges outlined by me in that… Read More
Tags: Business, Economic growth, Financial services, India, May, P. Chidambaram, Run batted in, Tertiary sector of the economy
By Dr. D. Subbarao Governor Introduction Since early May when the Reserve Bank issued its Monetary Policy Statement for 2013-14, global growth has been uneven and slower than initially expected. The tail risks to global recovery had eased in the early part of the year, but that improvement was overtaken by the turmoil in financial… Read More
Tags: BRICS, Central bank, China, Inflation, June, May, Monetary policy, Reserve Bank
Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 per cent of their net demand and time liabilities; and keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at… Read More
Tags: Bank Rate, CAD, CRR, Economic growth, India, LAF, May, Reserve requirement