India: RBI expected to keep rates unchanged this week – UOB

Economist at UOB Group Lee Sue Ann expects the RBI to maintain its policy rate unchanged for the remainder of the year.

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“BI’s decision to keep its benchmark policy rate (7-Day Reverse Repo) unchanged at 5.75% in Feb marked the end of the current hiking cycle, which begun in Aug 2022.”

“Our forecast is for the policy rate to remain unchanged at 5.75% for the rest of this year and for BI to potentially embark on an asymmetric rate cut cycle in 1H24.”