According to the South Asian country’s most hawkish interest-rate setter, India’s monetary policy may avoid slipping behind the curve by adhering to a forward guidance modelled after the US Federal Reserve’s so-called dot plot.
Despite inflation concerns taking center stage in April, the central bank refrained from raising its key lending rate due to its earlier commitment to maintain policy at an ultra-loose level for as long as necessary, according to Jayanth Rama Varma, an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee, in an email interview on Thursday.
According to the South Asian country’s most hawkish interest-rate setter, India’s monetary policy may avoid slipping behind the curve by adhering to a forward guidance modelled after the US Federal Reserve’s so-called dot plot.
He claimed that “the MPC was stopped from acting in April by the forward guidance in February,” noting that the rate increase eventually took place a month later during an off-cycle meeting. The MPC’s control would not have been as much restrained by a dot plot.
The dot plot is a chart that has been released quarterly since January 2012 and shows US central bankers’ predictions for interest rates. Each member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, designates a dot for the rate’s midpoint. It now advises accelerating price increases to control prices.
He claimed that “the MPC was stopped from acting in April by the forward guidance in February,” noting that the rate increase eventually took place a month later during an off-cycle meeting. The MPC’s control would not have been as much restrained by a dot plot.
The dot plot is a chart that has been released quarterly since January 2012 and shows US central bankers’ predictions for interest rates. Each member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, assigns a dot to the rate at which they believe it to be acceptable.
At the moment, this signals a rapid pace of rate increases to restrain price increases. On the other hand, India’s direction is a loose commitment to take action based on the votes of the rate panel’s six members to either control inflation or encourage growth. Markets are assisted by forward guidance in pricing rate changes, which then affect financial conditions.
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