Besides the 25bp rate cut, what mattered more were measures introduced to increase flexibility in liquidity management in early-April.
This will allow the RBI to meet the durable liquidity needs of the economy while keeping short-term liquidity conditions consistent with the monetary stance.
The RBI's more active role in managing liquidity should keep the o/n interbank rate within the 6-7% policy corridor, close to the repo rate.
- Some of the measures were misinterpreted as QE. We don't agree.
- On rates, our end-2016 2Y and 10Y INgov yield forecasts have been lowered by 20bps each to 7.0% and 7.4% respectively.