India's economic plot twist comes with one villain stepping aside, another waitingIndia's economic outlook has improved as falling crude oil prices ease inflation, strengthen the balance of payments and prompt economists ...
India's retail inflation quickens to 3.93% in May amid high food & fuel pricesIndia's retail inflation rose to 3.93% in May. Food and fuel prices increased, impacting consumer costs. This marks the highest inflation r...
India bonds end higher as oil eases; focus shifts to debt sale, inflationThursday marked a positive performance for Indian government bonds, buoyed by falling oil prices that alleviated fears tied to the U.S.-Ira...
India bonds slip ahead of RBI policy as war risks lift oilThe Reserve Bank of India will announce its rate decision on Friday, with markets largely pricing in a pause even as Standard Chartered, C...
India’s Q4 GDP growth seen at 7.3% amid Iran war tensionsIndia's economy finished fiscal year 2026 strongly. Growth in the March quarter was boosted by domestic demand, agriculture, and services. ...
ET Graphics: BoP stability tested by outflows & Rupee fallIndia's external accounts are under strain. The current account deficit is widening, and capital may flow out. The rupee has weakened signi...
RBI’s tone balanced, no clear signal for easing yet: Radhika RaoDBS Bank's Radhika Rao notes the Reserve Bank of India's revised inflation projection, anticipating a rise in CPI towards 4%. Despite expec...
Yet to see a pick-up in private sector activity: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank"Crude has been an important factor, but bulk of the boost from low oil prices has already been factored into our macros."
Commodity exports a double-edged sword for India: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank"About a third of India’s exports are commodity-based. So a section of exports have taken a hit. In fact, petroleum exports itself fell abo...
Rupee likely to hit 66/$ in coming months; yuan depreciation poses near-term risk: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank"We do have our DBS currency economist expecting the dollar-rupee to get into the 66 handle in the coming months," Radhika Rao, DBS Bank.
Rupee weakness to spill over to H1 2016: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank"Our FX strategist view is that the dollar-rupee will run up further from here, well into early 2016."
Expect RBI to cut rates by 25 bps in June: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank'CPI inflation in particular has under-short the central banks' charts. So yes, there is scope for rates to go down in June.'
IMF's thumbs-up to India reaffirms govt's on-ground growth push: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank"The government has a very good political opportunity to bring in the required structural reforms. The RBI has also been doing credible wor...
Don’t see rebound in gold imports as a real risk to economy: Radhika Rao, DBS BankOver the last two-three years, interest rates were high, but the environment itself was not conducive.
Expect rupee to depreciate to below 62/$ over next year: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank'It is not advisable to let the rupee appreciate too much, based on purely hot money flows, which come in fast and flow out equally fast,' ...
WPI inflation easing off good news; government cannot relax guards: Radhika Rao, DBS BankIf you want to bring a national market in place, then you have to make sure that the farmers are able to reach the retail sector more easil...
RBI will prefer to keep rates unchanged until inflation is on a downtrend: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank'Though, the rupee is dictated by the market, but what happens on the ground is more important, in terms of the reform momentum and the con...