Economic Indicators: Year- and Month-wise various Policy Rates fixed by RBI from Monthly Bulletin

The dataset contains year- and month-wise compiled data on policy rates fixed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for various financial policy and securities. These include data relating to Policy Repo Rate, Reverse Repo Rate, Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate, Bank Rate, Base Rate, MCLR (Overnight), Term Deposit Rate greater than Year, Savings Deposit Rate, Call Money Rate (Weighted Average), 91, 182, 654-Day Treasury Bill (Primary) Yield, 10-Year G-Sec Par Yield (FBIL), etc. Notes: 1. Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds 2. Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI borrows money from commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds 3. Standing Deposit Facility is an overnight deposit facility that allows banks to park excess liquidity (money) and earn interest 4. Marginal Standing Facility rate is the interest rate at which RBI provides money to the scheduled commercial banks who are facing acute shortage of liquidity 5. The call money rate is the benchmark interest rate that banks charge brokers who are borrowing the money to fund margin loans. The call money rate, also known as the broker loan rate, typically isn't available to individuals, instead, investors pay the call money rate plus a service fee on a margin account. 6. Treasury bills or T-bills, which are money market instruments, are short term debt instruments issued by the Government of India and are presently issued in three tenors, namely, 91 days, 182 days and 364 days. 7. Government Securities (G-sec_ yield is a method to evaluate the broader trend of interest rates in the economy 8. Marginal Cost of Funds-based Lending Rate (MCLR) is the minimum rate at which a bank can lend to its customers on certain loans