what are the pros and cons of setting official target interest rates
A target interest rate is a given level of interest rate like repo rate, overnight lending etc by which central bank wants to influence short term interest rates as monetary policy strategy.
Advantages – improving bank balance sheet
Improves lending capacity of bank
Restricts inflation because higher interest rate decreases money flow
Maintain economic condition good.
Disadvantages-
It is difficult to know and balance economic growth because it is difficult to check how much increase or decrease interest rate.
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