RBI slashes India’s inflation forecast to 2 pc for 2025-26

IANS | December 5, 2025 11:39 AM

Mumbai, Dec 5 (IANS) The RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) on Friday slashed its forecast for India’s inflation rate for the financial year 2025-26 to 2 per cent -- from 2.6 per cent predicted in October due to the sharp decline in food prices and the GST rate cuts playing out.

Rupee opens higher ahead of RBI policy; MCX gold slips

IANS | December 5, 2025 10:22 AM

Mumbai, Dec 5 (IANS) Gold prices on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) slipped slightly in morning trade on Friday, as investors waited for the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy decision.