The RBI on Friday launched 2025's last burst of fire reducing the repo rate by 25 bps .

The benchmark overnight repo rate now stands at 5.25%.

Besides cutting rates, the central bank also concluded that India's economy is fit to bust, so it raised FY26 real GDP growth to 7.3% and as prices continue to plunge nicely with a parachute hugging sub-zero levels, FY26 headline inflation is pegged at 2%.

With the first half of growth settling at 8% followed by an inflation print of 2.2%, RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) seized the rare goldilocks period to keep the economy going.

Above all, maintaining adequate durable liquidity, Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced Rs 1 lakh crore worth open market purchases besides 3-year dollar-INR buy-sell swaps to ensure liquidity infusion.

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