Oct rate cut unlikely even though CPI set to beat RBI forecast
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Oct rate cut unlikely even though CPI set to beat RBI forecast

India's retail inflation data for August has almost ensured that headline inflation will undershoot the Reserve Bank of India's forecast of 4.4% for Jul-Sep by nearly half a percentage point. But inflation turning out lower than the central bank's expectations is unlikely to prompt the Monetary Policy Committee to cut interest rates when it meets next month.

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