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Retail inflation, as measured by the CPI, stood at 0.7% in November 2025, up slightly from 0.3% in the previous month. | Photo credit: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS With India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) remaining well below 2 per cent for the past three months and inflation expected to remain favorable through the first half of FY27, […]
Shortages are most damaging when it comes to basic needs, such as housing or groceries. But they do not have to reduce overall prosperity. AFP via Getty Images In recent years, the United States has been embroiled in a heated debate over how policymakers can best lower prices. Housing has reached crisis levels of unaffordability, […]
The higher growth rates for the second quarter (July-September) and October’s inflation figures will pose a serious dilemma for the RBI in a rate action in December, according to the Economic Research Department (ERD) of the State Bank of India. | Photo credit: ALTAF HUSSAIN The strong growth and undershooting inflation mean that the interest […]
The majority of economists said that the RBI should continue with a tolerance bond around the inflation goal, but called on to limit the tolerance tape range. | Photocredit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) must continue to assess the headline’s headline to best guide the monetary policy, six of the seven economists interviewed […]
Budget of the Union has projected the tax deficit at 4.4% for FY26 | Photocredit: Danish siddiqui It is unlikely that record surplus transfer by the reserve Bank of India (RBI) will lower the tax deficit for the current tax (FY2025-26), say various economists. However, a research memorandum from SBI expects the deficit to be […]
