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Inflation anxiety may have made a comeback, especially for low-income groups

New Delhi, April 20 -- Ordinary people do not track price indices-they gauge inflation by what happens to their daily expenses. When households are asked to assign a number to current or future inflat... Read More


How quick service restaurants are riding the India growth story

New Delhi, April 6 -- Subway-the ubiquitous sandwich shop-is one of the top US restaurant chains by number of outlets. Yet its US business has been shrinking noticeably. In 2024, over 600 Subway outl... Read More


How the West Asian conflict upended global monetary policy

New Delhi, March 23 -- Five major central banks-the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the Bank of Japan-met this week to deliver th... Read More


FDI from China: From Thailand to Brazil, global lessons for India's cautious playbook

New Delhi, March 17 -- India has eased investment rules for countries with which it shares a land border, clearing the way for China-backed foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. On 10 Mar... Read More


Why government bond yields remain stubbornly high

New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- India's financial landscape is witnessing an anomaly: it is currently cheaper for an individual to finance a home than it is for the sovereign government to fund its own debt. Ho... Read More


Orange is the new black: Why India is betting big on the 'orange economy'

New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- The economic survey and the budget underscored the importance of India's "orange economy", explicitly acknowledging its potential as an engine of growth. Budget 2026 proposed an... Read More


India's high credit-deposit ratio: Is the banking system overstretched or just efficient?

New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The credit-deposit (CD) ratio of scheduled commercial banks reached 81.75%-the highest level recorded since 2000-01-on 31 December 2025. Usually, a high CD ratio is a positive ind... Read More