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India’s central bank cuts key interest rate to 6.5 percent

NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP): India’s central bank
on Tuesday cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 6.5 percent, a five-year low, in line with expectations.
The Reserve Bank of India said it would lower the benchmark repo
rate, the level at which it lends to commercial banks, by 25 basis points from the previous rate of 6.75 percent.