Bank loans to get cheaper as RBI slashes repo rate to 5.75%

In the second bi-monthly monetary policy review of the current fiscal, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday slashed its key lending rate for commercial banks by 25 basis points (bps) to 5.75 per cent.

Repo rate is the key interest rate at which RBI lends short-term funds to commercial banks.

 

The central bank has changed its policy stance to accommodative from neural.

With the RBI cutting repo rate by 25 basis points, bank loans are set to get cheaper.