The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced the repo rate in the consecutive third monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in 2025. The RBI cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.50 per cent along with reducing the cash reserve ratio (CRR) requirement of the banks. As this adds to the banks’ liquidity, they would not be willing to offer higher rates on deposits. So, the deposit rates are expected to go down in the next few months, as banks transmit the impact of repo rate cuts.