India rates rise

2008-6-12  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION


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INDIA'S central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 15 months, the latest in a global wave of monetary tightening to combat a surge in inflation sparked by food and energy costs.

The Reserve Bank of India increased the repurchase rate to 8 percent from 7.75 percent, according to a statement in Mumbai. The move came seven weeks before the bank's next scheduled monetary policy meeting on July 29.

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