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What is "Repo" and "Reverse Repo" Rates with reference to finance?

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Question added by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.
Date Posted: 2014/09/11
Manoj Mishra
by Manoj Mishra , Manager , Bharti Axa Life Insurance

Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows money from the commercial banks

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A form of short-term borrowing for dealers in government securities. The dealer sells the government securities to investors, usually on an overnight basis, and buys them back the following day.For the party selling the security (and agreeing to repurchase it in the future) it is a repo; for the party on the other end of the transaction, (buying the security and agreeing to sell in the future) it is a reverse repurchase agreement.

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