High FD rates of 8-9%: What should fixed deposit investors do as RBI keeps repo rate unchanged? | India Business News
High Fixed Deposit Rates: If fixed deposits are your go to investment avenue, then the RBI monetary policy meet has good news for you. RBI governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the MPC has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. This means that the higher interest rates offered by banks on FDs are unlikely to come down anytime soon.The last time RBI raised the repo rate was in February 2023, from 6.25% to 6.5%.This overall increase of 2.5% since the start of the repo rate hike cycle in May 2022 pushed fixed deposit interest rates to their highest level in the past 4-5 years. With the repo rate remaining unchanged now, depositors can continue to benefit from these high FD interest rates for a while longer.But how long will this period continue? Will the opportunity for depositor...