"We continue to expect the RBI-MPC (monetary policy committee) to cut the rates by 0.25 per cent on Wednesday and in April with demonetisation hurting growth," it said.
The brokerage said 60 per cent of 2,000 respondents surveyed by it reported that they have been impacted by the note ban and attributed the "surprising" November industrial growth of 5.6 per cent to lower base effect.
The expectation of inflation trending lower -- the note ban impacted demand leading to lower price rise -- was also cited as another important factor which will influence the MPC to cut rates, it said.
Other factors which will guide the RBI towards lowering the rates include Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cutting the fiscal deficit to 3.2 per cent for next year and the dovish stance adopted by the US Fed.
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It also wondered if the RBI will disclose the exact amount of scrapped currency notes received by it and estimated that the not-returned part to be around Rs 50,000 crore of the over Rs 15.55 trillion out in circulation on November 8, 2016.
The brokerage also said it expects inflation to come down to 4.1 per cent by March, which is 0.50 per cent lower than the previous estimate of 4.6 per cent.
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