RBI may keep repo rate unchanged at 6% in today's policy review: BS Poll

But surprisingly, there is a narrow chance that the central bank may cut rates in the future: BS Poll

There is a clear consensus that the six-member monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would keep the repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent on Thursday.

But surprisingly, there is a narrow chance that the central bank may cut rates in the future, according to a Business Standard poll of 15 economists and treasurers.

This is an emergent view, which was missing in previous polls undertaken by the newspaper. Surely, any change in rates or stance is not expected in the first bi-monthly monetary policy review for 2018-19 today. But the inflation trajectory has surprised many and