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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.
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239 stories in the archive, newest published Oct 24, 2026. Every economy story, newest first. Search by title or summary, or filter by subject. Page 8 of 20.
- India FY26 Trade Data: The Deficit Is Higher, but Not the Real Story India's FY26 trade deficit widened 26% to $119.3 billion. But oil imports fell. Gold and electronics drove the gap.
- Data Centres and the War: Why India Is Now in the Frame Iran struck AWS and Oracle data centres in UAE and Bahrain in March 2026. Why global tech majors are now accelerating $180B+ in Indian data centre investments.
- US-Iran War: Economic Impact on Oil, Inflation, and India The US-Iran ceasefire is fragile. Brent crude rose 31% since February. US inflation hit 3.3% in March.
- RBI Keeps Repo Rate at 5.25% in April 2026: FY27 Inflation at 4.6% RBI held the repo rate at 5.25% on April 8, 2026. FY27 inflation forecast raised to 4.6%, GDP revised down to 6.9%.
- RBI Rupee Defence: NOP Cap, NDF Ban, and What Comes Next The rupee posted its biggest single-day gain in 12 years on 2 April 2026.
- Nifty 20-Year CAGR Falls Below 10%: Only the Second Time in 30 Years Nifty's 20-year rolling CAGR fell below 10% in FY26, only the second time in 30 years. From the 2008 peak, returns are just 7.33%.
- FPI Selling in March 2026: Sector-Wise Breakdown of $12.58 Billion Exit FPIs sold $12.58 billion from Indian equities in March 2026, with 21 of 23 sectors in red. BFSI took 51.5% of all outflows.
- RBI Rate Hike in FY27: Why the Narrative Has Flipped Goldman Sachs projects a 50 bps RBI rate hike in 2026. Inflation forecasts are rising, the rupee has crossed ₹95, and bond yields hit 7%.
- FPI Selling in March 2026: What Explains the $12.3 Billion Equity Sell-Off FPIs sold ₹1,13,810 crore from Indian equities in March 2026, a new monthly record. Net sellers on all 17 trading days.
- India VIX in 2026: What the Fear Index Is Telling Investors Right Now India VIX surged from 13.70 to 27.17 in under a month as the US-Iran conflict hit markets.
- Indian Rupee Fall 2026: Why the Sharp Drop Is Now a Policy Story The Indian rupee fell to record lows near 93.74 to 93.98 per dollar in March 2026.
- HDFC Bank Chairman Resignation: Why the Bigger Issue Is Governance, Not Just Leadership Change HDFC Bank chairman Atanu Chakraborty resigned citing values and ethics concerns.
