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...
Pre-Session: Indices may open higher
29-Jun-18: Trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could rise 19.50 points at the opening bell.

Overseas, Asian stocks were mixed. Japan's industrial production decreased in May following three consecutive months of improvement, government data showed Friday. Industrial output fell 0.2% in May from a month earlier, following April's 0.5% gain, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

US stocks recovered from earlier declines on Thursday to finish the session higher on the back of gains in banks and technology stocks.

The growth in the US economy in the first quarter was trimmed to 2% from 2.2%. Meanwhile, weekly jobless claims rose by 9,000 in the latest week.

Closer home, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 951.51 crore yesterday, 28 June 2018, as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 442.64 crore yesterday, 28 June 2018, as per provisional data.

Domestic stocks logged modest losses yesterday, 28 June 2018, in a highly volatile session of trade on subdued global stocks. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, fell 179.47 points or 0.51% to settle at 35,037.64. The Nifty 50 index fell 82.30 points or 0.77% to settle at 10,589.10. The Sensex regained the psychological 35,000 mark in volatile trade.

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