Unlike previous "emergency" meetings in response to big financial market moves or inflation shocks, the "additional" MPC meeting announced for next week is a bureaucratic decision since the RBI is mandated to explain to the government why it has missed its inflation target for three quarters in a row. That said, it is possible that the MPC brings forward the rate hike that we are forecasting in its next scheduled meeting in December.
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