With little visible upside pressure on oil prices or core inflation, we might be entering a prolonged period of very low inflation
Six out of the 10 participants in a Business Standard poll of economists, bankers and market participants said the RBI may pause this time, but a rate cut in December is inevitable
PMI data on manufacturing and services sector would also influence trading
MPC will meet on Oct 3 & 4, before announcing rates at 2.30 pm on Day 2
The resolution of the MPC will be placed on RBI's website at 2.30 pm on October 4
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s fourth monetary review, under Governor Urjit Patel, is scheduled next month. Will it cut rate, or won't it?
Reducing policy rates is not enough. The key is to ensure banks lend to credit-constrained borrowers
Here is a snapshot of what the markets expect from the RBI's policy review on Tuesday
The coming change of guard at RBI has raised expectations of deeper rate cuts
The targets will be notified separately by the government in consultation with RBI
While Raghuram Rajan has said in the past that other factors, including domestic fundamentals, outweigh the US Fed policy meet, this time it would be different
Scope for RBI to implement more repo cuts is shrinking at a fast pace and this could be irrespective of the monsoon dynamics
The government will take a call on the appointment of its nominees to the Monetary Policy Committee
IMF said the monetary stance remains appropriately tight for achieving near-term inflation objectives