Monday, March 5, 2012

Summary Box-India hikes rates more than expected

THE NEWS: India's central bank hiked one of its two benchmark interest rates by a bigger-than-expected half percentage point to combat inflation. It raised the other by a quarter point, as expected.

WHY THE BANK ACTED: The bank is confident about economic growth _ and raised its growth forecast to 8.5 percent for the fiscal year through March 2011 _ but five …

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