New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, commenced its three-day meeting on August 4, 2025. The outcome of this critical meeting will be announced on Wednesday, August 6. As the central bank navigates a volatile global landscape and a shifting domestic growth-inflation equation, all eyes are on whether the MPC will opt for another rate cut or prefer to pause.

The meeting comes on the heels of the US imposing a 25 percent tariff on Indian goods-raising fresh concerns over export competitiveness and global trade friction. With the repo rate already cut by 100 basis points over the last three policy reviews-from 6.5 percent in February to 5.5 percent in June-the...