RBI Governor conveys expectations from PSU banks

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das recently met chiefs of PSU banks and conveyed to them the regulator’s expectation from the banking sector. It would be the first monetary review under the new RBI Governor. “Basically the idea was convey to them the regulator’s expectation from the banking sector in general and public sector banks in particular, and also to get from them their understanding of the current banking situation, and to get an understanding about the future outlook, the sense they have,” Das said after meeting CEOs of PSU banks.

It is widely expected that RBI would cut interest rate in its upcoming review meeting. With softer retail and wholesale price-based inflation, the Reserve Bank is likely to change its policy stance to ‘neutral’ from ‘calibrated tightening’ in the February policy.