Frankfurt: The Reserve Bank of India will take note of falling inflation when discussing potential interest rate cuts, the central bank's Governor Duvvuri Subbarao said on Tuesday, adding he was very happy about the falling inflation.
Asked about potential interest rate cuts in light of falling inflation, Subbarao said they would be taken into account and in future central bankers "will take note of softening inflation."
The headline wholesale inflation fell below 5 per cent in April, dropping within the central bank's comfort zone for the first time in more than three years and fuelling market hopes for more monetary easing to revive flagging economic growth.
Subbarao said earlier he was "very happy" about the fall.
He also said that cutting public-sector budgets in India can be supportive of growth, if done smartly and by increasing efficiency.
"In India, we need austerity for growth, fiscal consolidation can support growth in India," Subbarao said.
He also said that he expected the country's economic growth to pick up speed in the second half of this year, and added that India has to control its current account deficit and bring it down to 2.5 per cent from the current level of 5 per cent.
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