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The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday drop the key rates by 35 basis points to boost the slowing economy the rupee witnessed high volatility and slipped towards 71 level. The rupee had opened on weak note at 70.92 at the interbank forex market, then additional to 70.99 against the USD. The domestic currency was trading at 70.91 at 1215 hrs, down 10 paise over its last done.

Following the RBI’s Monetary Policy committee(MPC) decision, the local currency  witness serious unpredictability . It drop to low of 70.99 and a high of 70.88 within minutes of RBI policy decision. The domestic unit had developed at 70.81 against the dollar on Tuesday. The Reserve bank on Wednesday drop key rates for the forth consecutive time, as it condensed repo rate by 35 basis points to 5.40 percent to boost the slowing economy.

The Six member of Monetary Policy committee(MPC) also maintained the accommodative deportment on the monetary policy. Nothing that price increases is currently projected to remain within the target over a 12 month to the lead horizon, the MPC  stated from the last policy, domestic economic activity continues to be weak, with the worldwide slowdown and increasing trade tensions posting negative aspect risks.

The RBI also revised real GDP growth for 2019-20 drop to 6.9 percent from 7 percent in the June policy. Meanwhile, Brent crude futures, the worldwide oil benchmark, drop 0.29 percent to USD 58.77 per barrel, as US- China trade dispute flustered investor sentiments. The Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remain net sellers in the capital markets, pull out Rs 2,107.93 crore