RBI Monetary Policy 2025 Live: Mixed opinion on rate cut amid Trump tariffs, focus remain on growth and inflation
BI MPC Meeting Highlights, RBI Monetary Policy Meeting Outcomes, RBI MPC Meeting August 2025 News & Live Updates: Find here all the key highlights regarding Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee meeting.
In the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meet in June, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a 50-basis point (bps) cut to the repo rate, bringing it down to 5.5 per cent from 6 per cent. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced the decision in his address two days after the MPC meet commenced on June 7. This follows rate cuts in February and April MPCs during which the repo rate was cut 25 bps on both instances.
There is an expectation of status quo in this MPC meet, especially with retail inflation cooling to 2.10 per cent in June.
Here are the highlights from the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings from June ’25, April ‘25, February ‘25, December ’24, October ’24, August ’24, June ’24 & April ’24
Schedule of upcoming RBI MPCs in FY26
- 08:32 | August 6, 2025
RBI MPC Live Updates: What were the previous rate cuts?
The MPC has cut the policy repo rate thrice since February — 25 basis points (bps) each in February and April bi-monthly monetary policy review and by a jumbo 50 bps in June. The repo rate is currently at 5.50 per cent against 6.50 per cent before the February rate cut.
- 08:29 | August 6, 2025
Expect pause in next policy meeting, RBI already frontloaded rate cuts: CareEdge
“With a forward-looking outlook, the RBI would be focusing on inflation in the quarters ahead,” the report read.With CPI-based retail inflation expected to breach 4 per cent in Q4 2025-26 and average 4.5 per cent in 2026-27, the real policy rate would settle in the range of 1-1.5 per cent at the current repo rate,” CareEdge asserted.
Expect pause in next policy meeting, RBI already frontloaded rate cuts: CareEdge
The next bi-monthly RBI monetary policy review meeting is scheduled for August 4-6, 2025.
Published on August 6, 2025
