Marginal Standing Facility Rate

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  Loans May Get Cheaper As Shaktikanta Das-Led RBI Cuts Key Lending Rate

  In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points or 0.25 per cent. The central bank also changed its policy stance to "neutral" from "calibrated tightening". The repo rate - which is the key interest rate at which the RBI lends short-term funds to commercial banks - now stands at 6.25 per cent...

• RBI set to hike rates on December 18 on surging inflation: poll

  An unexpected surge in inflation will likely spur the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to raise interest rates for the third time in four months when it meets on Wednesday, according to a poll by Reuters.

• Most on RBI panel backed rate hike ahead of last review

  Four of the Technical Advisory Committee's external members backed the rate increase, alongside a 25 basis point cut in the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate, minutes of a pre-policy meeting released on Thursday showed.

• Dollar window for oil firms stays open, taper to be gradual: Raghuram Rajan

  The central bank earlier in the day raised the key repo rate by 25 basis points and cut the marginal standing facility rate by an equal amount, in line with the market and analysts' expectations.

• REC seeks bids to raise at least Rs 500 crore via bonds: report

  REC is expected to be followed by Power Finance Corp and other regular issuers after the RBI stuck to script with a widely-expected 25 basis points repo rate hike and a similar cut in marginal standing facility rate.

• Sensex soars over 300 points on RBI's steps to boost liquidity

  Traders said a hike in repo rate was factored by the Street, but RBI's announcement raising term repo to 0.5 per cent (of net demand and time liability) from 0.25 per cent earlier surprised the Street. Along with a 0.25 per cent cut in the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF), the raising of term repo limit will increase liquidity in the banking system...

• Don't assume rates will be hiked further: Raghuram Rajan

  Repo rate was hiked by 0.25 per cent to 7.75 per cent, as was widely expected, while Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate or overnight lending rate was cut by 0.25 per cent to 8.75 per cent.

• HSBC expects RBI to hike repo rate by 0.25 per cent

  Foreign brokerage HSBC has said it expects Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan to deliver on his promise to anchor inflationary expectations by hiking the repo rate by 0.25 per cent and cutting the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by an equal measure in the apex bank's next monetary policy review on Tuesday, November 29.

• RBI likely to cut overnight lending rate: Assocham

  The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has said the arrival of kharif crops and recent stability in the rupee will help bring down inflation, and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to take this into account and reduce the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate - at which banks borrow from it - in its upcoming pol...

• Analysts expect RBI to hike repo rate, cut MSF rate by 0.25 per cent

  According to the research arm of the country's largest lender State Bank of India, with stability in the currency, Dr Rajan is likely to lower the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate, at which the RBI lends to the banks, once the lenders exhaust their overnight repo borrowing limits.

• RBI move to curtail volatility, lower banks' borrowing cost: Assocham

  The RBI yesterday cut the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate, at which it lends emergency funds to banks, by 0.5 per cent to 9 per cent with an aim to improve liquidity and boost economic activities.

• RBI cuts short-term rate as rupee pressure eases

  Monday's cut in the MSF rate follows a 75 bps cut in the rate last month. The RBI's 200 bps increase in the MSF rate in July had tightened short-term market liquidity.

• Short-term debt funds may see higher returns on RBI steps: report

  Mutual fund schemes with short-term investment horizon like liquid or ultra-short-term funds are likely to witness higher returns going ahead following reduction in the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, according to fund managers.

• Rajan adopted balanced approach in policy review: Montek

  Reserve Bank, in its mid- term review of the monetary policy today, decided to hike short term policy rate by 0.25 per cent after a gap of two years and ease liquidity by reducing the marginal standing facility rate for banks.

• Marginal standing facility will be lowered faster than repo rate hiked: RBI chief

  The Reserve Bank of India will lower its marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by more than any hike it makes in the policy repo rate in order to reduce the gap between them to 100 basis points, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday.