Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Important rates fixed by RBI



                                                                                    Policy Rates:

  • Bank Rate: 9.50%
  • Repo Rate: 8.50%
  • Reverse Repo Rate: 7.50%
  • Marginal Standing Facility Ratio: 9.50%

Reserve Ratios:

  • Cash Reserve Ratio: 4.75%
  • Statutory Liquidity Ratio: 24.00%

RBI raises Bank Rate as a Technical Adjustment

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to realign bank rate with Marginal Standing Facility(MSF)  rate, which in turn is linked to the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF). Which means bank rate will be 9.5% from now.

Terms of the day


  • IPO  :INITIAL  PUBLIC OFFER
  • MoU  : MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
  • WPI : WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX
  • EFSF : EUROPEAN FINANCIAL STABILITY FUND
  • MSF : MARGINAL STANDING FACILITY
  • CRR :  CASH RESERVE RATIO
  •  SLR :  STATUTORY LIQUIDITY RATIO
  • LAF :  LIQUIDITY ADJUSTMENT FACILITY

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