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Mukherjee said it was not necessary for the RBI governor to consult him before the mid-quarterly review of the credit policy.
High inflation numbers "might have weighed their (RBI`s) decision making process. And normally in mid-quarter review, it is not necessary for the Governor to consult the Minister", Mukherjee told reporters here.
In the mid-quarterly policy review, RBI kept policy rates unchanged in view of rising inflation and global economic uncertainty, pulling down stocks markets sharply.
Besides, the central bank also kept cash reserve ratio (CRR) or the percentage of deposits that banks have to keep with RBI unchanged at 4.75 per cent.
The Wholesale Price Index-based inflation had risen to 7.55 per cent in May, from 7.23 per cent in April. Besides, retail inflation also moved up to 10.36 per cent in May, from 10.32 per cent in the previous month.
RBI said the future action would depend upon on external factors, domestic developments and inflationary risks. "Future actions will depend on a continuing assessment of external and domestic developments that contribute to lowering inflation risks," RBI said.
RBI said management of liquidity is a key concern and it will continue buy government bonds. On the rupee fall, it said this should make the country`s exports competitive overtime and act as a demand stimulus.
The political inability to pass on elevated crude prices to consumers is resulting in a widening of the current account deficit, and will end up crowding out investment at a time when encouraging investment is imperative from the growth perspective, RBI said.
On the troublesome economic situation globally, it said the evolution of the euro-zone crisis which has a bearing on the capital inflows, will be a factor to look out for.
Between March 2010 and October 2011, RBI had cut repo rates a record 13 times, by 350 basis points, in its battle against inflation.
After a gap of three years, on April 17, 2012, RBI had slashed short term lending rate by 0.50 per cent to 8 per cent. It had indicated in the last policy action in April that its space to cut rates further was difficult.
