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India Monetary Policy RBI MPC Decisions — October 26, 2026
This session covered three RBI money market operations releases dated October 23, 24 and 25, 2026, all tagged as Rate Change events but carrying no company-specific enriched data such as period-over-period financials, insider activity, guidance, capital allocation or transaction terms. The common theme is persistent liquidity absorption: net liquidity was -₹39,421.95 crore on October 23, -₹38,895.95 crore on October 24 and -₹39,082.95 crore on October 25, meaning the banking system was steadily drained by roughly ₹39,000 crore each day even as outstanding operations injected ₹1.3–1.4 lakh crore. Policy reference rates were stable across the window, with the Standing Deposit Facility at 5.25%, the repo rate at 5.58%, the MSF at 5.75% and the reverse repo at 5.49%, and the weighted average overnight rate at 5.74% on October 23, consistent with a policy stance holding rates steady while managing surplus liquidity. Cash reserve positions were comfortably in surplus, with balances of ₹8,45,574.77 crore against an average daily requirement of ₹8,33,309 crore for the fortnight ending October 31, a cushion of roughly ₹12,200 crore. Market implications are limited: no rate change was announced, interbank call, term and triparty segments were largely inactive, and the Standing Liquidity Facility usage of ₹10,411.05 crore signals some pockets of tightness. The overall read is a neutral, routine liquidity backdrop rather than a policy inflection point.
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