RBI Monetary Policy Live: Sanjay Malhotra-Led MPC Likely To Hold Rates At 5.25% Amid Middle-East Tensions

RBI Monetary Policy Live: NDTV Profit reports live from RBI headquarters

#RBIPolicy | #RBI's six-member Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, will decide on the repo rate today.
Here's @PiyushS_07 with an overview of what we can expect pic.twitter.com/0HGyBolwJe

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RBI Monetary Policy Live: GIFT Nifty traded at 23,549, compared with Thursday's Nifty 50 close of 23,416.55. The futures contract was up 132.45 points from the previous close, indicating a higher start for Indian equities ahead of MPC verdict. 32 of 38 economists tracked by Bloomberg expect the repo rate to stay unchanged at 5.25%, while the rest expect a 25-basis-point rate hike.

RBI Monetary Policy Live: A recent spike in global crude oil prices, coupled with mounting tensions across West Asia, has introduced fresh uncertainty into the central bank's policy calculus. "As the situation (a reference to the Iran war) is still evolving, we expect RBI to maintain status quo in the upcoming policy," said SBI Research. RBI is unlikely to make significant policy moves in the near future, said Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist at HSBC.

RBI Monetary Policy Live: The RBI's three-day monetary policy review will take place between June 3 and June 5. The outcome of the meeting, along with the central bank's stance on interest rates, will be announced by Governor Sanjay Malhotra at 10 a.m. IST on June 5. He will address reporters for a post-policy press conference afterwards. 

The RBI's monetary policy announcement will be streamed live across the central bank's official social media platforms. Viewers can also stay updated with real-time developments and key takeaways through the NDTV Profit's YouTube channel and other digital platforms.

RBI Monetary Policy Live: The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) commenced its three-day deliberations earlier this week, with RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra set to unveil the outcome on Friday, June 5. Economists broadly expect central bank's policymakers to leave the benchmark interest rates unchanged at 5.25% to weigh the impact on the economy amid the ongoing Middle-East geopolitical conflict.