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Economists expect retail inflation to be 35-50 bps lower in new CPI series
Economists expect FY27 headline inflation to be 35-50 bps lower than the RBI forecast in FY27 due to the higher weight given to core inflation and the marginally lower weight given to the food basket, which in the old series had the highest weight of over 42%, in the new inflation series with base y...
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India, Brazil set to seal trade, pharma & minerals pacts during prez Lula's visit; Adani & Embraer deal also on cards
Indian and Brazilian officials are finalising the terms of the agreements the two countries will sign during President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's official India visit next week. These pacts are expected to boost India's pharmaceutical exports, trade in essential minerals, and support the civil avia...
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Economists see stability in rebased index, core inflation seen lower
India’s first consumer price inflation reading under the new 2024 base year series printed at 2.75% year-on-year. Economists highlighted smoother inflation and muted volatility despite sharp food and jewellery price swings.
The most consequential change is the sharp reduction in the weight of foo...
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Russian oil flows to India slump as EU curbs bite; China absorbs record volumes
Shipments of Russian crude to India have taken a big hit in recent weeks, after fresh European Union restrictions on petroleum products derived from such crude forced key Indian export refineries to rethink sourcing. Tanker tracking data show India’s imports of Russian crude fell to 1.1 million barr...
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FTAs to fuel critical imports, aid growth: Piyush Goyal
India has opted for a calibrated opening of its economy in its recent free trade agreements (FTAs) to ease the import of products it needs, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. The deal with the US will aid local manufacturing, he added.
“With the US we are hopeful to get mor...
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‘50% US tariffs led to weakness in Indian rupee’, confirms CEA Nageswaran
India’s Chief Economic Advisor, Venkatram Anantha Nageswaran, in an interview to described that the Indian rupee’s weakness has largely been on the back of increase in US tariffs on India
Indian businesses shifted to low-tariff jurisdictions
In a video posted on YouTube with Markus Academy, Nag...
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April-December inflation at 1.83% under new CPI series, only modestly higher
The average annual retail inflation for April-December of the current fiscal year would be 1.83% under the new consumer price index (CPI) series, just 11 basis points higher than measured under the old series.
The old series used 2012 as the base year, while the new one, released on Thursday, has...
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Malaysia's Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in 3 Years in 2025, Exceeding Expectations
Malaysia's economy expanded at its fastest ?pace ?in three years in 2025, surpassing expectations as ?strong domestic demand, exports and investment propelled growth, with momentum likely to continue this year, the ?central bank said on Friday.
Full-year 2025 economic growth reached 5.2%, a n...
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Taiwan Hikes 2026 Economic Growth Forecast to 7.7% on AI Demand
Taiwan's ?tech-reliant economy is expected to ?grow faster than previously predicted in 2026, riding the wave ?of demand for artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the statistics office said on Friday, adding there could ?be further upward revisions.
Gross domestic product (GDP) ?is expected to...
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Spain's Final 12-Month EU-Harmonised Inflation at 2.4% in January
Spain's European ?Union-harmonised ?12-month inflation rate ?fell to 2.4% in January, down ?from 3.0% in the period through December, final ?data released by ?the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on ?Friday.
The ?INE's final data was slightly below the 2.5% ?forecast in both the flash r...
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Indonesia's Economic Growth to Exceed Target in 2026, President Says
Indonesia's ?president said ?on Friday that the country's ?economic growth is real and will this year surpass its target, adding ?that business players have acknowledged the benefits of his free meals programme in boosting consumption.
Prabowo Subianto's speech ?at an economic forum came after ?a...
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Swiss Inflation Remains at Bottom End of Central Bank's Target
Switzerland's annual inflation ?rate ?stayed at 0.1% in ?January, government data showed on Friday, the bottom ?end of the Swiss National Bank's target range.
The increase in consumer prices ?was in line with the ?forecast of analysts polled by Reuters and was the same ?rate ?as in December.
T...
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Russia's Central Bank Signals Rates to Come Down Further After Surprise 50bp Cut
Russia's central bank cut its key interest rate ?by ?50 basis points to 15.5% on Friday ?and signalled that rates could fall further in a bid to shore up the slowing wartime economy, ?which is struggling with high borrowing costs.
The bank's surprise cut came just 10 days after President Vladimir...
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Bank of England's Pill Sees Underlying Inflation at 2.5%, Rates Slightly Too Low
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw ?Pill ?said underlying inflation in Britain was settling ?at about 2.5% a year, higher than the BoE's 2% target, which made it inappropriate ?to cut interest rates further.
Pill has voted against the BoE's last four interest rate cuts and said interest rates we...
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Cooling January Inflation Keeps Fed Easing in Play
U.S. consumer prices increased less than expected in January, data showed, keeping the Federal Reserve on track ?to ?cut interest rates this year.
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% last month ?after an unrevised 0.3% gain in December. It rose 2.4% on a yearly basis, less than the estimate of a 2...
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US inflation falls to near 5-year low as gas, housing ease
A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the sharp cost increases over the past five years.
Inflation dropped to 2.4% in January compared with a year earlier, ...
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India is poised to drive world's economic growth, emerge new engine of global progress: PM Modi
Noting that India today accounts for 16% of global growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the country is poised to drive the world's economic growth and emerge as a new engine of global progress.
Addressing the ET Now Global Business Summit here, PM Modi said that amid numerous ...
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US CPI data for January released; Inflation cools while core CPI rises as expected
The US CPI data for January 2026 has been released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. The annual inflation rate in the US slowed to 2.4% in January 2026, marking its lowest level since May, down from 2.7% in each of the previous two months and below forecasts of 2.5%.
The all-items index ro...
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