The RBI hiked the repo rate by 50bps to 4.90% today, as we had anticipated, and made substantial upward revisions to its near-term inflation forecasts. Further tightening will follow over the coming months. But we also expect policymakers to step up financial repression so that the full impact of higher policy rates is not felt by the government.
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