BANKING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Question
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Reverse repo rate
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Bank rate
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SLR
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CRR
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition: Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds. Repo rate is used by monetary authorities to control inflation.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the other hand, reverse repo rate is the interest rate paid to commercial banks when they deposit their excess funds in the central bank or when the central bank borrows money from them. As of April 2021, RBI’s repo rate stands at 4% and reverse repo rate at 3.35%.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central banking institution of India controls the monetary policy of the Indian currency. The key repo rate has been hiked on 7 December 2022 by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by 35 basis point to 6.25%.