India cuts key interest rate by quarter point

Published January 29, 2013 7:32am ET



NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 7.75 percent Tuesday, aiming to boost flagging growth in Asia’s third-largest economy.

The Reserve Bank of India also lowered its cash reserve ratio for banks by a quarter point to 4 percent, which means commercial banks can lend more.

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