New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The rate-cut cycle of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has likely ended, and the central bank will likely maintain a long pause along with the neutral policy stance, according to economists of YES Bank.

"Unless there is any serious crumbling of the growth dynamics, we think the current interest rate cut cycle of the RBI is over, and the RBI will likely maintain a long pause, along with the stance being kept at 'neutral'. Actions to keep liquidity comfortable and anchor the operative rate to the repo rate are expected to continue," say YES Bank economists Indranil Pan and Khushi Vakharia in a report.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 5 cut the repo rate by 25 basis poi...