New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Every week, Mint's Plain Facts section highlights key data releases and announcements to watch in the week ahead. Over the next few days, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) rate decision, quarterly results from Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), US trade data, the Nobel Prize announcements and World Mental Health Day will be in focus.

The central bank's Monetary Policy Committee is expected to raise repo rate, which would be the first increase since February 2023, as higher energy prices and the war in West Asia revive inflationary pressures. Tata Consultancy Services will report its September-quarter (Q2) results, kicking off the earnings season for India's large IT firms. Investors will watch whether big deal wins...