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India Consumer Prices (Jul. 2024)

The drop in headline consumer price inflation to a one-year low in July should reassure the RBI that June’s surprise jump was a one-off and that the disinflationary trend remains intact. We therefore continue to expect the Bank to squeeze in a first interest rate cut in December, sooner than the Q1 2025 start that the consensus expects.

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