Rohini Malkani, Citigroup said, "CPI at 11.2 percent exceeds RBI's baseline estimates. We expect the Central Bank to hike the repo by 25 bps in its policy on December 18."
"We expect the repo rate to stabilise at 8 percent until more clarity emerges on the monetary policy framework from the Urjit Patel committee report,"she added.
"We do not expect much comfort from November WPI, pegging it close to 7.2 percent."
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