Rate hikes remain a distant prospect

The Reserve Bank kept the repo rate on hold at a record low today and stressed that its latest liquidity-withdrawal measures do not constitute policy tightening. Given our view that the recovery will only be back on more solid footing next year, we continue to think that rate hikes are still a long way off.

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