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Business Standard
|November 27, 2025
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Market expectations for a policy interest-rate cut have increased, and several entities are reported to have postponed their fundraising plans in anticipation.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra, in his remarks this week, has noted that the possibility of rate cuts, as indicated in the October meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), remains intact. However, he also underlined that whether the committee decides to actin the upcoming meeting would depend on its assessment at that time. The next MPC meeting is scheduled for December 3-5. Inflation outcomes are also fuelling market expectations. The consumer price index-based inflation rate declined to 0.25 per cent in October, as against 1.4 per cent in the previous month, and is running significantly below the central bank's target of 4 per cent.
This story is from the November 27, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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