Chennai, Sept. 13 -- Mixed views were expressed by leading economists on the stand that Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) would take on the repo rate with the inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August, 2025 inching up to 2.07 per cent.
They also factored the likely impact on the prices following the rationalisation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by the government.
According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, there has been an increase of 46 basis points in headline inflation of August, 2025 in comparison to July, 2025.
"Looking ahead, the recent rationalisation of GST rates is expected to have a positive impact on the overall inflationary...