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* Inflation unchanged at 5-5.5% |
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* Reverse repo rate up by 0.25% to 5.50% |
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* Repo rate hiked by 0.25% to 6.50% |
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* Bank Rate kept unchanged at 6% |
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* Cash Reserve Ratio unchanged at 5% |
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* Money supply higher than projection of 14.5% |
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* Aggregate deposits higher than Rs 2,60,000cr |
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* PLR unchanged across banks |
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* Credit by banks up 23.3% at Rs 2,56,441cr |
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* Interest rates firmed up in almost all segments |
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* Call money rates rose to 6.58% in Jan 2006 |
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* 91 & 365 day treasury bill rates up to 6.19%, 6.30% |
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* Deposit rates of over one yr maturity rose to 5.5-7% |
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* FDI inflow at $3.6bn between Apr-Oct 2005 |
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* Food credit increased moderately by Rs 1,979cr |
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* Non-food credit rose by 24% at Rs 2,54,462cr |
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* Foodgrain production target of 215 million tonne achieveable |
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* Signs of slowdown in private corporate sector |
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* Centre's fiscal deficit at Rs 1,12,949cr between Apr-Nov |
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* Centre's revenue deficit at Rs 87,181cr between Apr-Nov |
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* Govt's net market borrowings at Rs 90,051 cr. |
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