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- Inflation & RBI 51 CPI prints, repo decisions, liquidity and rates.
- GDP & Indian Economy 38 Growth, fiscal numbers, output and household data.
- Markets & FPI Flows 65 Foreign flows, indices, valuations and fund data.
- Business & Industry 58 Companies, sectors and the strategies behind them.
- Trade & Global Economy 70 Trade, the rupee, oil, the Fed and geopolitics.
- Policy & Regulation 37 Budgets, SEBI, GST and the rules that change.
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- What India’s 1.55% CPI Means for FDs, Debt Funds, and RBI’s Next Move India’s July CPI cooled to 1.55% (8-year low). See what this means for FD real returns, debt-fund positioning (short vs. duration vs.
- RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.5% in August 2025: What It Means for You RBI kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.5% in August 2025. Here's a simple breakdown of the policy meeting, inflation updates, growth forecast, and what it means…
- India’s FY26 Fiscal Deficit - Why Slippage Isn’t Bad India may overshoot its 4.4% fiscal deficit target for FY26. Here’s why a slight slippage could be strategic, not alarming, in today’s economic climate.
- RBI Repo Rate: Current Rate, History, and Impact Explained Understand the RBI repo rate and reverse repo rate (SDF) in simple terms.
- Trump Sanctions: This Is Not a Crisis - It’s an Opportunity to Rethink Economic Models US sanctions on Indian trade may seem like a crisis, but they offer India a chance to redefine its global trade strategy. Here's why it’s an opportunity.
- UPI Charges in 2025: Why Banks Should Bear the Cost, Not Users Understand why UPI must remain free for users and how banks can subsidize UPI costs through minimum balance charges instead of passing it on to consumers.
- RBI May Pause in August, All Eyes on Fed July Meet RBI may pause rate cuts in its August 2025 policy despite low inflation.
- Trade Deficit Narrows in June 2025: A Positive Start for FY26 India's trade deficit narrowed in June 2025, with services surplus offsetting merchandise gap. FY26 begins with a comfortable external account position.
- FPI Flows in India, July 2025 First Half Trends FPIs were net sellers in equity but aggressively bought bonds in July 2025.
- Oil Sanctions - India May Be Subjected to Secondary Sanctions for Buying Russian Oil India's stance on purchasing Russian oil and the potential threat of secondary sanctions.
- Vedanta Ltd - How Much Substance is There in the Viceroy Research Report? An analysis of the Viceroy Research report on Vedanta Resources, exploring the allegations and how the company’s dividend strategies and governance practices…
- Mid Cap Stocks - Who Scored Big on Bounce and Swing A comprehensive analysis of the performance of mid-cap stocks in June 2025, focusing on BFSI's dominance and lagging sectors.
