India’s Searing Heat Wave Boosts RBI Case to Wait on Rate Cuts
- Warmer weather may slow disinflation process, economists say
- Crop output may weaken if hotter weather forecasts play out
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A sizzling heat wave in large parts of the country will raise concerns for India’s policymakers already grappling with sticky inflation, potentially pushing back the timing for interest rate cuts, economists said.