RBI MPC Meeting August 2025 Key Takeaways: Repo rate unchanged, policy stance neutral, CPI headline and food inflation, GDP growth, and more

RBI MPC Meeting August 2025 Key Takeaways: Reserve Bank of India governor Sanjay Malhotra kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.50 per cent as the three-day Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) August 2025 concluded today (Wednesday, August 6, 2025).

Malhotra said that the policy stance remains neutral.

The central bank also maintained its FY26 GDP growth estimate at 6.5 per cent.

CPI headline inflation reduced from 3.7 per cent to 3.1 per cent in FY26, said the governor, highlighting that the same for Q2 reduced from 3.4 per cent to 2.1 per cent.