{"id":262625,"date":"2026-09-23T09:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=262625"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:52:45","slug":"rbi-repo-rate-hike-bandhan-life-avinash-agarwal-50-75-bps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/rbi-repo-rate-hike-bandhan-life-avinash-agarwal-50-75-bps\/","title":{"rendered":"RBI May Hike the Repo Rate by 50-75 bps This Cycle, Says Bandhan Life’s Avinash Agarwal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avinash Agarwal, Bandhan Life: RBI may hike the policy repo rate by 50-75 bps this cycle, among the more aggressive tightening forecasts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Reserve Bank of India may hike the policy repo rate by 50 to 75 basis points this cycle, according to Avinash Agarwal of Bandhan Life, in comments carried in Moneycontrol’s Daily Voice column. Agarwal’s forecast sits at the more aggressive end of the range of RBI tightening estimates that have emerged from various economists and fund managers in recent weeks, several of whom have converged on the view that some degree of rate hikes is now likely, even as they differ meaningfully on the total magnitude.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The Reserve Bank of India may raise the policy repo rate by 50 to 75 basis points this cycle, according to Avinash Agarwal of Bandhan Life, speaking to Moneycontrol’s Daily Voice column.<\/p>\n

Agarwal’s forecast sits at the more aggressive end of the spectrum of RBI tightening estimates that have circulated in recent weeks, with the 50-75 basis point range implying either two hikes of roughly similar size or one larger move, depending on how the central bank chooses to sequence its response.<\/p>\n

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