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MPC Members Warn Inflation Could Accelerate: RBI Minutes

The RBI cut the main policy rate by 25 basis points to a more than 6-1/2 year low of 6.00 percent on Aug. 2, but kept its policy stance at "neutral".

Inflation Rise On The Cards, MPC May Hold Policy Rate: Morgan Stanley

According to the global financial services major, both CPI and WPI inflation have troughed in June and are expected to rise further in the coming months

RBI Cuts Repo Rate By 25 bps To More Than 6-1/2 Year Low

The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is consistent with a neutral stance of monetary policy. Emerging fiscal situation to decide rate cuts down the line

RBI Seen Cutting Rates To Over 6-1/2 Year Low, Faces Pressure To Do More

Forty of 56 economists polled by Reuters predicted the RBI will cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.00 percent - the lowest since November 2010

RBI's Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee Meet Begins, 25 bps Cut In Repo Rate Likely

The meeting's outcome tomorrow is being keenly awaited by all stakeholders including industry and stock markets. Encouraged by significant price improvement, bankers expect Reserve Bank of India to change its monetary stance and cut benchmark lending rate by at least 0.25 per cent

RBI To Cut Repo Rate By 25 Bps On August 2: HSBC

A cut in key policy rates is likely as the country's inflation differential with the world is normalising, inflation expectation is moderating and food prices are also receding

‘RBI Likely To Cut Repo Rate By 25 Bps In August 2017 Policy Review’

However, the decision is unlikely to be unanimous and the tone of the policy document may not signal that further cuts would be forthcoming

No Premature Policy Action; RBI To Wait For More Data: Patel

RBI Governor Urjit Patel had argued for avoiding "premature policy action" and waiting for more inflation data at the meeting of the interest rate setting panel earlier this month

RBI Leaves Key Rate Unchanged; Easing Warranted, Fumes Govt

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel-led Monetary Policy Committee, in a slightly less hawkish policy statement, said it was not cutting interest rates as it wanted to be more sure that inflation will stay subdued.

MPC Meet Begins; RBI Likely To Hold Policy Rate

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel, began its 2-day meeting amid experts saying that the central bank is likely to hold key rates even as the government is making a case for a lower interest regime citing low inflation

India’s April Retail Inflation Seen Easing To 3-Month Low

India’s consumer inflation is expected to have eased to a three-month low in April, helped by smaller rises in food prices, but with a summer rebound in prospect the Reserve Bank of India is likely to keep interest rates on hold

Monetary Policy Committee Meet Begins; RBI Likely To Hold Policy Rate