Tag: inflation
RBI’s rate-setting panel starts deliberations, policy announcement on Friday
The high-powered Monetary Policy Committee, headed by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, on Wednesday started its three-day brainstorming amid expectations that the central bank may leave…
SBI chairman Shetty sees MPC’s repo rate pause ‘appropriate’ at this juncture: Report
State-owned lender SBI’s Chairman CS Setty said a pause would be an appropriate decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its upcoming policy meeting,…
Tantrum of a problem child might cool India’s economic engine
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) delivered a sobering update on Friday by maintaining its forecast for a below-average monsoon in 2026. The weather watchdog warned…
Fuel price hikes may push inflation towards 5%, RBI likely to stay cautious: Economists
New Delhi: Fuel price hikes and higher import duties on gold and silver could push retail inflation to 5 per cent by June, but the…
RBI MPC: Bank economists back a rate hike in H2 of FY27
Mumbai: Bank economists have conveyed to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that interest rate hikes would be necessary in the second half of the…
That sinking feeling: Rupee@100 is a mental fear, not macro nightmare
The rupee has been undergoing intense pressure due to a prolonged geopolitical stalemate in the Middle East that has driven up global crude oil prices….
Sensex, Nifty open in the red again as worries over US-Iran war fallout continue
Indian markets opened sharply lower on Tuesday as rising crude oil prices and uncertainty around the ongoing United States-Iran war rattled investor sentiment, while concerns…
India’s April consumer inflation likely rose to 3.8% as higher fuel costs weigh: Reuters poll
India’s annual consumer inflation likely moved closer to the central bank’s 4% medium-term target in April as higher fuel costs following the U.S.-Iran war began…
India’s April consumer inflation likely rose to 3.8% as higher fuel costs weigh: Reuters poll
India’s annual consumer inflation likely moved closer to the central bank’s 4% medium-term target in April as higher fuel costs following the U.S.-Iran war began…
Asia heat waves spell double trouble for economies hit by oil
Asia is grappling with a new threat to inflation on top of an oil shock as a looming El Niño brings soaring temperatures and dry…