India's central bank governor signals rates to stay low for 'long period', FT says

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 12/16/25 09:13 PM EST

Dec 17 (Reuters) - India's central bank governor Sanjay Malhotra expects the country's interest rates to remain low for a "long period", he told the Financial Times in an interview published on Wednesday.

The Reserve Bank of India's projections suggested rates "should remain low for a long period of time", Malhotra told the FT.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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