Monetary Policy Flashcards
What are parts of MP?
Interest Rate determination
Regulate Money Supply
Control Inflation
Objectives of MP
Price Stability
Exchange rate stability
Financial Stability
Growth, Investment, Savings, Employment
What is credit Policy
how much and at what rate money should be lent
Types of Monetary Policy
Expansionary
Contractionary
What is contractionary MP
Dear Money, reduce Money supply
What is Expansionary MP
Cheap Money and increases Money Supply
Earlier system of MP?
Announced twice.
One Slack Season - Apr - Sept
One Busy Season - Oct - Mar
Recommendations of Urjit Patel Committee?
Inflation targeting +-2
MPC
MP atleast 4 times a year
What is Liquidation Adjustment Facility
Intro by RBI in 2000
Adjust liquidity and Money supply in market
By using G-Sec as collateral
Its instruments are - Repo rate and Reverse repo rate
What are the instruments of LAF
Repo rate and Reverse Repo rate
What is Repo Rate
Banks meet daily shortage by borrowing from RBI.
They borrow at Repo rate
What is Reverse Repo Rate
RBI absorb excess liquidity by borrowing from banks at RRR
Relation between RR and RRR
RRR is 25% or 25bp less than RR
Are RRB, Commercial banks, Primary dealers eligible for LAF?
Commercial banks - Yes
RRB - No
Primary Dealers - Yes
Payments Banks established and licensed under?
Established - Companies Act
License - BRA