Hawkish MPC, West Asia conflict cloud rupee, bond yield outlookIn light of the hawkish monetary policy minutes and the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the outlook for the rupee and bond yields appears un...
24 Aug, 2026, 08.14 AM IST
India Q1 GDP growth seen at 7.3% as consumption, capex cushion Iran war shock: ET pollIndia's economy likely grew over seven percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027. Resilient consumption and exports supported this r...
17 Aug, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
RBI GDP Growth 2026-27: Malhotra & Co lift FY27 GDP forecast to 6.7% from 6.6% on growth resilienceRBI GDP Growth 2026: The Reserve Bank of India raised its FY27 GDP growth forecast to 6.7 percent. It kept the policy repo rate unchanged a...
05 Aug, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Rupee firms as oil retreats, traders gauge flow momentum under RBI measuresThe Indian rupee strengthened on Tuesday, benefiting from falling oil prices. Optimism over potential mediation in the U.S.-Iran conflict a...
21 Jul, 2026, 12.22 PM IST
Fall in global crude prices brightens fiscal outlook, El Nino risks lingerEasing West Asian tensions have significantly improved India's fiscal outlook, with economists now predicting a smaller deficit than previo...
06 Jul, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
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...
06 Aug, 2025, 01.06 PM IST
Expect inflation to pick up in June: Radhika Rao, DBS“Even the present pullback in CPI inflation is looked at pretty sceptically.”
14 Mar, 2018, 02.06 PM IST
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."
10 Feb, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2015, 10.51 AM IST
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.
18 Aug, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
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."
04 Jun, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
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.'
22 May, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
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...
15 Apr, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
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.
14 Nov, 2014, 02.05 PM IST
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,' ...
12 Sep, 2014, 04.06 PM IST
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...
14 Jul, 2014, 03.35 PM IST
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...
03 Jun, 2014, 02.37 PM IST