Monetary policy · solved example
The repo rate is the rate at which
- commercial banks lend to their customers
- the RBI lends short-term funds to commercial banksCorrect
- commercial banks lend to one another
- the RBI borrows from commercial banks
- the government borrows from the public
Solution
The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends short-term funds to commercial banks against government securities. The reverse repo rate is the rate at which the RBI borrows from banks.