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RBI Credit and Monetary Policy 1999-2000 -- Second half






NEWS: APRIL 1, 2000

RBI slashes bank rate, cash reserve ratio, repo rates by 1 per cent

NOVEMBER 1999 - APRIL 2000

CRR cut to 9 pc, bank and interest rates left untouched
Jalan scales down GDP growth estimate to 6-6.5 pc, eases FDI norms
Policy With Potentially Profound Implications: A Review
Banks may yet be able to operate an MMMF without starting an AMC
Bimal Jalan missed the opportunity to stimulate business sentiment
Bankers hail Jalan's moves; views mixed on review of PLR, deposit rates
Banks free to delink interest rates from PLR
Housing loans to be treated as priority sector lending
Banks to get liquidity support to tide over Y2K-related demand
RBI panel moots classification of banks' investments
'There was no need to cut CRR, RBI should have targeted interest rates'
Highlights of the Monetary and Credit Policy
RBI group to study retailing of govt securities
President's address has enough hints for Bimal Jalan
Assocham seeks review of cross subsidisation for priority sector
Experts call for CRR cut, demand-generative credit policy









MAY-OCTOBER 1999

Expansionary policy from a Governor in tune with government
Precautionary policy: Bimal Jalan prepares the economy for the outcome of political turmoil
RBI cuts CRR to 10 pc; money supply growth for '99-2000 put at 16 pc
RBI seeks to rationalise rates, stabilise liquidity and develop vibrant money market
Banks to fix rate for loans to rural credit units; ceiling on investment in MFs linked to those in venture capital
Industry hails move to empower banks to fix PLR for different maturities; CRR cut to swell banks' resources by Rs 32.5 billion
'100 pc forward cover against exchange risk for FII investments will keep the rupee stable'
Credit Policy highlights: new mutual fund for government securities
Easy liquidity conditions is RBI's aim, forex scene is stable, says Jalan
RBI okays forward cover for FIIs; price-control measures not needed now
UTI, LIC, IDBI, MFs, FIs allowed to borrow through repos
Credit Policy evokes mixed reactions: CRR cut hailed, unchanged interest rates flayed
Rate cuts can wait; Jalan must recast banking
RBI likely to avoid tinkering with interest rates
Industry urges RBI to cut CRR, bank rate and SLR
NBFCs seek institution for financing, banks' statutory liquidity ratio

RBI's Credit and Monetary Policy 1998-99
RBI's Credit and Monetary Policy 2000-2001
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