Showing posts with label India's interest rate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India's interest rate. Show all posts

Sunday, September 18, 2011

India raises interest rate to fight inflation

India's central bank has raised interest rates for the 12th time in 18 months to try to curb inflation.

The Reserve Bank of India raised the policy lending rate, called the repo rate, by 25 basis points to 8.25%.

India has been struggling to contain inflation which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.