RBI MEET: Will the MPC maintain the status quo and keep rates steady for the fifth consecutive time?

Even as the three-day RBI MPC meeting has started on Wednesday, all eyes are on the interest rate-setting panel’s decision on Friday. Experts, however, expect a status quo on the key policy rates as inflation is gradually coming closer to the RBI’s target level and economic growth is picking up. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das-headed Monetary Policy Committee has begun its three-day deliberations on December 6. Das would unveil the decision of the six-member MPC on the last day of the meeting--December 8 (10.00 AM).