Barclays Capital

Projections for cut in key rates by RBI; no change likely in repo rate, reverse repo rate, CRR

Projections for cut in key rates by RBI; no change likely in repo rate, reverse repo rate, CRRAccording to anticipations of the investment banking firm Barclays Capital, it is likely that the impending annual credit policy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may result in the slashing of the key rates by up to 50 basis points. An almost similar opinion has been expressed by the HDFC Bank, which, however, said that it projects a 25-basis-points cut in RBI's policy rates.