RBI Repo Rate | RBI Monetary Policy Meeting 2025 update; Sanjay Malhotra – EMI Loan | Today the interest rate can be reduced by 0.25%: This will make the loan-EMI cheap, the RBI Monetary Policy Committee meeting will end.

The Reserve Bank (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting will end on today i.e. August 6. According to experts, the Monetary Policy Committee can also cut the repo rate by 0.25% this time. That is, loans may be cheap in the coming days.

Experts also believe that America’s tariff war and global uncertainty can affect GDP growth. In such a situation, RBI can make one last cut, so that growth can be supported.

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra will give information about the decisions taken in this meeting at 10 am today. Right now the repo rate falls at 5.50%. MPC consists of 6 members. Of these, 3 are of RBI, while the rest are appointed by the central government.

There has been 1% cut in 3 consecutive times RBI has cut interest rates by 1% in three consecutive times this year. In the meeting held in February, the interest rates were reduced from 6.50% to 6.25%. This deduction was done by the Monetary Policy Committee after about 5 years.

The interest rate was reduced by 0.25% in the meeting held in April for the second time. The rate was cut for the third time in June. Currently the repo rate is at 5.50%. The repo rate is the interest rate on which banks take loans from RBI.

When RBI reduces the repo rate, banks get cheaper debt, and they bring this advantage to the customers. That is, loans like home and auto will become cheap by 0.50% in the coming days.

What will be the change due to decrease in repo rate? After decreasing the repo rate, banks can also reduce their interest rates on loans like housing and auto. All your loans can be cheap and EMI will also decrease. If the interest rates are low, housing demand will increase. More people will be able to invest in real estate.

Why does the Reserve Bank increase and reduce the repo rate? Any Central Bank has a powerful tool to fight inflation as a policy rate. When inflation is very high, the Central Bank tries to reduce money flow in the economy by increasing the policy rate.

If the policy rate is high, then the loan from the Central Bank to the banks will be expensive. In return, banks make loans expensive for their customers. This reduces money flow in the economy. If the money flow is low, there is a decrease in demand and inflation decreases.

Similarly, when the economy goes through a bad phase, there is a need to increase money flow for recovery. In such a situation, the Central Bank reduces the policy rate. This makes banks cheaper from central bank and customers also get loans at a cheaper rate.