New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may keep the repo rate unchanged at its upcoming December monetary policy review meeting, given that the country's economy reported strong 8.2 per cent GDP growth in the July-September quarter.

The next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting is scheduled for December 3-5, 2025.

According to an SBI Research report on Sunday, expectations built over the past few days for a shallow 25-basis-point rate cut appear to have faded, as finer readings of the strong Q2 growth print and the evolving playbook tilt the balance in favour of a pause in December monetary policy.

"Expectations built till a few days back of a shallow rate cut of 25 bps appear to have faded as finer readings of the st...