Reserve Bank of India-Monetary Policy
What is RBI's Monetary Policy?
.The Reserve Bank of India will announce its Monetary and Credit Policy for the first half of the financial year 2002-03 on April 29. Even as RBI Governor Bimal Jalan puts the finishing touches to the document, have you ever considered what is the significance of the biannual exercise?
In a world of policies in the financial sector, nothing could get as alien as the Monetary Policy. Terms like M3, CRR, SLR, PLR and OMO would make you think that the typical IT-bug has caught the financial sector. But take a closer look as the Monetary and Credit Policy is crucial to all of us and more so to the banking sector.
For the uninitiated, this policy determines the supply of money in the economy and the rate of interest charged by banks. The policy also contains an economic overview and presents future forecasts.
What is the Monetary Policy?
The Monetary and Credit Policy is the policy statement, traditionally announced twice a year, through which the Reserve Bank of India seeks to ensure price stability for the economy.
These factors include - money supply, interest rates and the inflation. In banking and economic terms money supply is referred to as M3 - which indicates the level (stock) of legal currency in the economy.
Besides, the RBI also announces norms for the banking and financial sector and the institutions which are governed by it. These would be banks, financial institutions, non-banking financial institutions, Nidhis and primary dealers (money markets) and dealers in the foreign exchange (forex) market.
When is the Monetary Policy announced?
Historically, the Monetary Policy is announced twice a year - a slack season policy (April-September) and a busy season policy (October-March) in accordance with agricultural cycles. These cycles also coincide with the halves of the financial year.
Initially, the Reserve Bank of India announced all its monetary measures twice a year in the Monetary and Credit Policy. The Monetary
.The Reserve Bank of India will announce its Monetary and Credit Policy for the first half of the financial year 2002-03 on April 29. Even as RBI Governor Bimal Jalan puts the finishing touches to the document, have you ever considered what is the significance of the biannual exercise?
In a world of policies in the financial sector, nothing could get as alien as the Monetary Policy. Terms like M3, CRR, SLR, PLR and OMO would make you think that the typical IT-bug has caught the financial sector. But take a closer look as the Monetary and Credit Policy is crucial to all of us and more so to the banking sector.
For the uninitiated, this policy determines the supply of money in the economy and the rate of interest charged by banks. The policy also contains an economic overview and presents future forecasts.
What is the Monetary Policy?
The Monetary and Credit Policy is the policy statement, traditionally announced twice a year, through which the Reserve Bank of India seeks to ensure price stability for the economy.
These factors include - money supply, interest rates and the inflation. In banking and economic terms money supply is referred to as M3 - which indicates the level (stock) of legal currency in the economy.
Besides, the RBI also announces norms for the banking and financial sector and the institutions which are governed by it. These would be banks, financial institutions, non-banking financial institutions, Nidhis and primary dealers (money markets) and dealers in the foreign exchange (forex) market.
When is the Monetary Policy announced?
Historically, the Monetary Policy is announced twice a year - a slack season policy (April-September) and a busy season policy (October-March) in accordance with agricultural cycles. These cycles also coincide with the halves of the financial year.
Initially, the Reserve Bank of India announced all its monetary measures twice a year in the Monetary and Credit Policy. The Monetary