SumanSpeaks Independent Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence · Estd 2006 Monetary Policy Watch The RBI's Growth Test: Why Chasing Inflation Ghosts Is a Goddamn Waste of a Good Central Bank Tomatoes are up. Onions are crying. And somewhere in Mint Street, a committee is debating whether 25 basis points will fix a monsoon. It won't. Every time vegetable prices spike, a particular species of economist reaches for the interest rate lever like it's a fire extinguisher. It isn't. You cannot cool a tomato with a repo rate. Tomatoes don't read Monetary Policy Committee minutes. They respond to rainfall, road transport, and how many middlemen skim a cut before the sabzi wallah gets his crate. Yet every food-price wobble in India triggers the same reflexive question: will RBI hike? It's the wrong question, asked with impressive consistency. The RBI's own Ju...