New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- In a unanimous decision, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent in its policy announcement on Wednesday, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said.

The governor informed that the MPC met on September 29 and 30, and October 1, to deliberate on the prevailing economic conditions and decide on the interest rate trajectory.

After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic outlook, the committee voted unanimously to maintain the repo rate at 5.5 per cent.

He stated, "The MPC voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent."

With this decision, the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate also remains unchanged at 5...