Now, as British inflation has tumbled close to German levels, so have interest rates: the Bank's reporate is now 5.5%, compared with the European Central Bank's 3%.
The Reserve Bank of India raised its reporate to 6.75% from 6.5% as expected Thursday, but raised its inflation expectations by 100 basis points to 8% now, up from 7%, the Bank said in a press statement.
At the same time, the RBI left the bankrate unchanged at 6%, maintaining the repo and reverse repo rates at the current levels of 4.75% and 3.25% respectively.