MUMBAI -- The Indian central bank on Thursday held its repo rate steady at 5.15% on Thursday as the South Asian country battles both rising inflation and the slowest economic growth since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014.
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The Reserve Bank of India had continued to lower interest rates since this February as it tries to bolster the country's flagging economy even as inflation heats up. © Reuters
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