RBI Sept monetary policy review: Another 35-50 bps repo rate hike on cards

Terminal repo rate seen at 6%; interest cost for retail, MSMEs went up by Rs 42,000 crore says SBI report

With retail inflation surprising on the upside, the six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to increase the repo rate by 35-50 basis points (bps) in the review scheduled for September 28-30.

According to economists, the central bank will continue to focus on bringing inflation down even though economic growth has remained sluggish.

Data released by the government on Monday showed that the consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation increased by 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in August, thus, staying above the upper tolerance limit of the central bank for all the