RBI Governor stated that despite a fall in crude oil prices and commodity prices, inflation is at an uncomfortably high level. However, the domestic activity has been resilient while PMI in July is at an eight-month high. For the next financial year, RBI retains its CPI forecast at 6.7 per cent.

In context to market expectations from Friday’s RBI MPC meet, Sumit Chanda, Founder & CEO of JARVIS Invest says, “While there have been some indications of the inflation moderating, with the Brent being still above the $100 mark and a falling rupee, we can expect RBI to hike the repo rate by about 50 bps.