RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: The rupee, which opened on a positive note, gave up its initial gains and breached the psychological 90-to-a-dollar level after the Reserve Bank cut key benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months on Friday.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said, "We don't target any level of rupee, we allow market to determine price."

"We just let rupee find its correct position, correct level," he added.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: In a press conference, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said, "Our effort has always been to reduce any abnormal volatility in forex market."

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: NIFTY is trading 0.17% higher at 26,078.75, while SENSEX surged 153 points to 85,423. This comes after the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously decided to reduce repo rate by 25 bps to 5.25%.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Looking ahead, domestic factors such as healthy agricultural prospects, continued impact of GST rationalisation, benign inflation, healthy balance sheets of corporates and financial institutions and congenial monetary and financial conditions should continue to support economic activity. Continuing reform initiatives would further facilitate growth, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: "Headline CPI inflation declined to an all time low in October 2025. The faster than anticipated decline in inflation was led by correction in food prices, contrary to the usual trend witnessed during the months of September-October. Core inflation (CPI headline excluding food and fuel) remained largely contained in September-October, despite continued price pressures exerted by precious metals. Excluding gold, core inflation moderated to 2.6 per cent in October. Overall, the decline in inflation has become more generalised," RBI Governor said.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: The Reserve Bank of India has lowered inflation projection to 2% for current fiscal from 2.6% earlier.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: India's forex reserves at USD 686 billion, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said, adding that it is sufficient to cover 11 months of imports.

• Real GDP growth outlook for FY26: 7.3%
• Q3 FY26: 7%
• Q4 FY26: 6.5%
• Q1 FY27: 6.7%
• Q2 FY27: 6.8%

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Amid the evolving liquidity conditions and the outlook, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that the central bank has decided to conduct OMO purchases of government securities of ₹1 lakh crore and a three year dollar rupee, buy, sell, swap of 5 billion US dollars in December, to inject further durable liquidity into the banking system

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Since October policy, Indian economy has witnessed rapid disinflation, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Addressing from the RBI headquarters, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said lower inflation and 8% GDP growth in the first half of FY26 present 'goldilocks' period.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the repo rate by 25 bps to 5.25%. The central bank has kept the policy stance neutral.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra addresses the media from the Reserve Bank of India Headquarters on decisions taken during the three-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Raoul Kapoor, Co-CEO of Andromeda Sales and Distribution, expects the Monetary Policy Committee to announce a 25 basis point rate cut in the upcoming policy review.

"A rate cut at this juncture would provide meaningful relief to borrowers - particularly those servicing big-ticket loans such as home loans and auto loans. It would help lower the overall cost of credit and, in turn, stimulate demand across key consumption-driven and investment-led sectors of the economy," Kapoor told PTI.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: RBI's MPC is likely to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.50% and maintain a neutral stance in the December 2025 meeting, Bank of Baroda Economist Aditi Gupta said.

Strong GDP growth and easing inflation give RBI room to pause rates as it monitors global uncertainties, she said.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Speaking to PTI, Crisil Chief Economist Dharmakirti Joshi said, "We anticipate a 25-basis point cut in the repo rate in December. While growth remains robust, a significant decline in retail inflation in October has created additional room for this adjustment."

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept key repo rate at 5.50%.

The RBI reduced the key short-term lending rate (repo) by 100 basis points in three tranches, beginning in February, amid declining consumer price index (CPI) based inflation.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra will announce the bi-monthly monetary policy on Friday, December 5, amid mixed expectations of a 25 basis points (bps) rate cut as well as the possibility of the central bank opting for status quo.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Sanjay Malhotra, Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), will declare the monetary policy statement on Friday, December 5, at 10 am.

RBI MPC December Meeting 2025 Live Updates: Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra will announce the bi-monthly monetary policy on Friday, December 5, 2025.