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TREND | 06 Aug 2025

RBI Governor signals "Pause, Watch, and Let Cuts Flow"

by Deven Choksey

Deven Choksey

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to maintain the policy repo rate at 5.5%, keeping it unchanged for the current review. Consequently, the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) stands steady at 5.25%, while both the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate remain aligned at 5.75%.

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IRCTC Arm Gets RBI Nod To Operate As Payment Aggregator

TREND | 05 Aug 2025

NDTV Profit

IRCTC Payments came into being last year in a bid by its parent company to expand its horizons.

Indian Stock Market Eyes Wednesday Verdict: RBI Policy To Trump Tariff ThreatWill Nifty Hit 25,000 Again?

NDTV Profit | 05 Aug 2025 9 more

RBI removes prior approval requirement for opening vostro accounts

Rupee extends losses on trade tensions, but RBI intervention caps fall

RBI Monetary Policy Preview Pause In The Rate Cut With A Neutral Stance Predicts Anand Rathi

NDTV Profit | 05 Aug 2025

RBI May Keep Repo Rate Steady At 5.50% Despite Room For More Rate Cuts, Says BofA's Rahul Bajoria

NDTV Profit | 05 Aug 2025

RBI MPC meet: Rate cut unlikely in August; growth, inflation rate in focus

Trump's tariff to test RBI: Decision Guide

Business Line | 05 Aug 2025

India bond yields may extend decline as dovish bets build up before RBI decision

Business Line | 05 Aug 2025

RBI MPC Meet August 2025: When and where to watch the rate decision live

Business Line | 05 Aug 2025

RBI likely to hold rates

RBI's financial inclusion drive covers 1 lakh gram panchayats in first month

TREND | 05 Aug 2025

Business Line

The RBI-led initiative has led to the opening of over 6 lakh Jan Dhan accounts, 7 lakh enrolments under PMJJBY, and 12 lakh under PMSBY

NBFCs nudge RBI for lower risk weight on loans against property

TREND | 05 Aug 2025

Economic Times

In their discussions with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), non-banking financial companies have requested LAPs be not treated on a par with unsecured loans when assigning risk weights. They have urged the RBI to reduce the current cap of 125% and align more closely with home loans, which attract risk weights in the range of 35% to 50%.

RBI monetary policy: Room for more easing ahead amid geopolitical shifts

Business Standard | 05 Aug 2025 9 more

Monetary policy for a low inflation scenario

Markets rally over half percent despite global headwinds as RBI policy looms

RBI Monetary Policy Meeting August 2025: Date, Time, Repo Rate Cut And What To Expect

NDTV Profit | 04 Aug 2025

RBI to settle $5 billion dollar-rupee swap without rollover amid surplus liquidity, bankers say

RBI's MPC meet begins today: Repo rate, stance, inflation outlook, and more

Business Standard | 04 Aug 2025

RBI to lower inflation target for FY26 in upcoming August MPC, inflation to surge to 4.5% in FY27: …

RBI seen holding rates, but US tariffs raise odds of cut

India bond yields seen starting RBI policy week with a decline

RBI's $5 billion forex swap maturity set to impact banking liquidity

Economic Times | 04 Aug 2025

Parental Leave Is The Reform India Cannot Delay

TREND | 04 Aug 2025

NDTV Profit

Many countries have moved beyond maternity leave by offering shared parental leave, dedicated paternity leave to involve fathers, or state subsidies to ease costs for employers.

Policy rate cuts and pace of transmission: Tracking an impactful five months in 2025

TREND | 04 Aug 2025

Economic Times

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced the repo rate by 100 basis points between February and June 2025, bringing it down to 5.5%. Banks responded with a 58 bps drop in the weighted average lending rate (WALR) on fresh loans in June, reaching 8.62%.

RBI's MPC likely to keep repo rate unchanged: Business Standard poll

TREND | 03 Aug 2025

Business Standard

Respondents expect downward revision in FY26 inflation forecast

MPC members could be on the horns of a dilemma on repo rate decision at their upcoming meeting

TREND | 03 Aug 2025

Business Line

RBI's Monetary Policy Committee faces a tough decision on cutting or holding the policy repo rate at the upcoming meeting

Rate cut? Status quo likely in Aug monetary policy despite inflation dip

Business Standard | 03 Aug 2025 9 more

RBI Likely To Hold Short-Term Lending Rate, Say Experts

NDTV Profit | 03 Aug 2025

Expect pause in next policy meeting, RBI already frontloaded rate cuts: CareEdge

Business Line | 03 Aug 2025

RBI's interest rate decision, Q1 results, tariff-related news to drive markets this week: Analysts

Business Line | 03 Aug 2025

RBI's rate decision, Q1 results to drive markets this week: Analysts

Business Standard | 03 Aug 2025

Trump tariff, RBI policy, FII selloff among 5 factors to impact stock market this week

Economic Times | 03 Aug 2025

BoE likely to announce rate cuts despite inflation spike, slowing growth

Business Standard | 03 Aug 2025

India-US Trade Deal Developments, RBI Monetary Policy Meet, Q1 Earnings The Week Ahead

NDTV Profit | 03 Aug 2025

Closed For Business: In Times Of Heightened Uncertainty, RBI Has Discontinued Nowcasts

NDTV Profit | 02 Aug 2025

RBI may announce 25 bps rate cut in August to boost credit growth ahead of Diwali: SBI Report

Business Line | 02 Aug 2025

What's shaping the bond market landscape?

TREND | 02 Aug 2025

Business Line

Following RBI's June rate cut, we examine shifts in interest rates across loans, FDs, savings accounts alongside movements in government and corporate bond yields

Ujjivan SFB expects RBI to decide on universal bank application by Dec: CEO

TREND | 01 Aug 2025

Business Standard

MD & CEO Sanjeev Nautiyal discusses microfinance recovery, secured lending push, PSL flexibility, and roadmap for universal banking licence