The Repo Rate Hike: Inflation Gave the Cover, the Rupee Gave the Reason

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SumanSpeaks Independent Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence RBI Policy Decoded The Repo Rate Hike: Inflation Gave the Cover, the Rupee Gave the Reason The RBI raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent on 7 October 2026. With the rupee at ₹96.78 to the dollar, the Fed at 3.75–4.00 percent and bank credit growing near 18 percent, the fuller story is bigger than August CPI of 4.8 percent. The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent on 7 October 2026. It is the first hike since February 2023, and the stance has moved from neutral to calibrated tightening. The rate decision was unanimous. The Governor cited inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee said the inflation outlook is no longer as comfortable as it was last year, and near-term rate cuts were taken off the table. That is the official story, and it is not wrong. But it is incomplete. Look at what surrounds the decision: a rupee near its record...
PBA Infrastructure Ltd hits the Buyer Freeze: Garnet Construction Ltd and Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd rose with good volume yesterday: There was block Deal in DMC International Ltd---the company is into Real Estate, Bio Fuel & Recently came out with bonus issue. The real estate sector is expected to outperform ( and the auto sector) if the RBI cuts interest rates in the future following the US Fed rate cut (if any) in the next FOMC meeting in this month: Trend Electronics Ltd (the Erstwhile Videocon Communications Ltd) touched Rs.65.5 again, before cooling down a bit. The scrip is expected to sprint ahead in the very near term due to high voltage campaign undertaken by the Videocon Group:
Videocon's Rs 12,000 cr steel project depends on coal linkage Friday, November 30, 2007
KOLKATA: The joining of a US partner in the Rs 12,000-crore steel and power project by Videocon group in West Bengal depended on coal linkage, group chairman V N Dhoot said here on Friday.
"The JV partner from US will join once the coal linkage is finalised. We hope it would be done shortly," Dhoot said at the launch of an Assocham study on investment in West Bengal between January to November 2007.
"It would be 51:49 JV with the US partner. Our group company Videocon Steel and Power Ltd will implement the project," he said.
The JV partner wanted all infrastructure in place and except coal linkage everything was available. Dhoots' company would seek SEZ status for the project.
Dhoot said Rs 8,000 crore would be spent on the steel plant and Rs 4,000 crore for 1,000 MW coal fired power plant. The company has identified 2,000 acre near Asansol and has talked with the 250 families for the land.
"We will negotiate with owners of the land and then ask government to complete the acquisition process. This is in line with Assocham's recommendation on land acquisition," Dhoot said. "We are ready to pay in stock or money to the owners. Most of them want money against shares of the project," he said without disclosing the price for the land which the group was willing to pay.
Dhoot speaking about its other projects said the group needed some 200 acre near the city area for the semi-conductor project. The group has lined up Rs 2500 crore for an IT park in Kolkata. [From Internet]
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