While policy rates in India are likely to stay at current levels or even go lower for an extended period, there are risks as well, Malhotra said. Inflation is looking benign and going forward, underlying inflation is expected to remain low. It will depend on growth-inflation dynamics as they play out. We are still living in very uncertain times, the RBI Guv added.
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Global markets opened cautiously as geopolitical tensions escalated, boosting demand for safe-haven assets like the U.S. dollar and Treasury bonds. Oil prices experienced a ‘shock