RBI Monetary Policy Live Updates: RBI MPC expected to keep repo rate unchanged at 6.5%; decision to be announced soon – Economy News

RBI Monetary Policy Announcement: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced the second bi-monthly monetary policy of the financial year 2024-25. The RBI Governor said that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the eight consecutive time by a 4:2 majority. It also decided to continue with its stance of ‘withdrawal of accommodation’. RBI raised its GDP growth forecast for FY25 to 7.2 per cent from 7 per cent earlier. The central bank retained the FY25 inflation forecast at 4.5 per cent. 

This is the second meeting of the RBI MPC after the new financial year FY2025 started from April 1 and the third meeting of 2024 after the February Policy meeting held between February 6-8. The Monetary Policy Committee invariably meets for 3 days before announcing its decision at the end of the 3-day period. The next RBI MPC meeting is scheduled on August 6. The MPC is required to meet at least four times in a year.

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