India's Central Bank Prioritizes Inflation Over Rate Hikes to Defend Rupee

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not considering interest rate hikes as a primary tool to defend the weakening rupee, according to sources. Instead, it remains focused on controlling inflation and economic growth amid rising currency depreciation due to energy price shocks from the Iran conflict.

By By Ira Dugal and Jaspreet Kalra Fri, May 22, 2026 at 7:23 AM GMT+3 3 min read · Yahoo Finance ·

India's Central Bank Prioritizes Inflation Over Rate Hikes to Defend Rupee

Topics: currency_depreciation inflation interest_rates RBI

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