The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee will meet from Monday (September 29) to October 1, and is widely expected to keep the repo rate unchanged for the second consecutive policy amid strong GDP growth and expectations of benign inflation.

The six-member panel is unlikely to alter its present ‘neutral’ monetary policy stance. Here is why.

What can be anticipated from the monetary policy?

Most economists expect that the MPC will continue to maintain the status quo in the upcoming monetary policy, to be announced on October 1. This would be the second time in a row that the RBI may take a pause. Between February and June 2025, the repo rate has been cut by 100 bps to 5.5 per cent currently.

“The Monetary Policy Committee is anticipated to maintain the status quo

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