Headline CPI inflation will have remained low in February even if, as we suspect, it rose a touch due to higher food inflation. As such, the RBI will almost certainly cut policy rates again, perhaps as soon as at its next meeting in April. But with core inflation still elevated, we think that further policy loosening will prove to be a policy mistake.
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