RBI MPC members hint at rate hike as inflation may rise in coming months
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra preferred to wait for greater certainty on the inflation trajectory, as he and other members of the MPC voted to maintain the existing interest rate earlier this month, according to minutes of the meeting of the rate-setting panel released on Wednesday. The Governor-headed six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the benchmark policy rate (repo) unchanged for a fourth consecutive time, opting to wait for greater clarity on whether higher energy cos…




