New Delhi, June 2 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to cut its key benchmark interest rates by 50 basis points in its upcoming June 2025 monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, according to an SBI Research report released on Monday, 2 June 2025.

"We expect a 50-basis point rate cut in June'25 policy as a large rate cut could reinvigorate a credit cycle," said the research agency in its latest report. "Cumulative rate cut over the cycle could be 100 basis points," they said.

RBI is scheduled to hold its bi-monthly meeting starting Wednesday, 4 June 2025, and Governor Sanjay Malhotra will announce the MPC results on Friday, 6 June 2025.

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