The interest rate decision by Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is coming at a time when the domestic growth has rebounded and the Centre's has recently unleashed a major reform through the goods and services tax (GST) rate cut. Aside of that, the retail inflation has stayed way below than RBI’s medium-term target of 4 percent.

Bankers, economists and fund managers polled by Moneycontrol see a status quo on rates , with a majority of participants expecting the policy stance to be ‘neutral’. In this context, here are the five key things to watch out for in the RBI Policy on October 1.

Rate Trajectory

Most economists believe the RBI may hold interest rates steady at 5.50 percent, with the rate-setting panel likely to draw comfort from the higher GDP growth during Q1

See Full Page