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TREND | 15 May 2025

Metal prices likely to keep upward pressure on WPI in coming months: Union Bank of India

Economic Times

A Union Bank of India report indicates metal prices may increase the Wholesale Price Index. While overall WPI dropped in April 2025, metal prices rose. Core WPI moderated, but metals like iron and steel played a key role. Fuel WPI fell due to lower global oil prices.

Metal prices likely to keep upward pressure on WPI in coming months: Union Bank of India

Business Line | 15 May 2025 3 more

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TREND | 14 May 2025

India's power demand to grow at 4-5% in medium term

Business Line

Fitch has projected India's economic growth at 6.4% in FY26 and 6.3%in FY27, which will support steady increases in power demand

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TREND | 14 May 2025

India's Wholesale Inflation Falls To 13-Month Low In April

NDTV Profit

Commodities across the board saw a fall in wholesale prices.

April CPI Inflation Review: Soft Inflation Strengthens Case For RBI To Cut Rates Again In June, Say Analysts

NDTV Profit | 14 May 2025 3 more

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TREND | 13 May 2025

Fitch expects Indian power gencos' credit ratings to remain stable

Business Standard

Fitch Ratings says Indian power gencos are insulated from volume risk due to regulated assets and fixed-tariff contracts, despite a slowdown in electricity demand growth

Fitch upgrades Shriram Finance's rating on improved business profile

Business Standard | 13 May 2025

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TREND | 13 May 2025

Trump tariffs may have pushed up inflation in April, US govt report to show

Business Standard

Inflation may have picked up slightly last month as President Donald Trump's widespread tariffs kicked in, a trend economists expect will become more visible in the coming months. Consumer prices are forecast to have risen 2.4% in April compared with a year earlier, according to data provider FactSet, the same as in March and down from 3% at the start of the year. Still, on a monthly basis, economists expect that the consumer price index rose 0.3% from March to April, a pace that would worsen inflation if it continued, after it fell for the first time in nearly five years the previous month. Tuesday's report could provide an early read on how Trump's duties will affect the prices Americans pay for necessities and other goods such as clothing, shoes, furniture and even groceries. Duties on many goods from Mexico and Canada took effect in February and could have impacted prices last month. Still, economists forecast the impact from duties to be modest. Firms have indicated ... that th

India's Retail Inflation 2025 LIVE: India's retail inflation set to drop to lowest level since 2019

Business Line | 13 May 2025 8 more

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TREND | 13 May 2025

US Inflation Seen Picking Up In April With Modest Tariffs Impact

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The consumer price index is seen rising 0.3% from March after declining in the prior month, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists.

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TREND | 10 May 2025

Nato chief urges allies to spend at least 3.5% of GDP on defence: Dutch PM

Business Standard

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Friday that NATO's chief wants the 32 member countries to agree to start spending at least 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product on their defence budgets at a summit in the Netherlands next month. In 2023, as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its second year, NATO leaders agreed that all allies should spend at least 2 per cent of GDP. They are expected to set a new goal at a meeting in The Hague on June 25. President Donald Trump insists that US allies should commit to spending at least 5 per cent, but that would require investment at an unprecedented scale. Still, Trump has cast doubt over whether the United States would defend allies that spend too little. Schoof told reporters that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has written to the member nations to tell them that he expects the NATO summit to aim for 3.5 per cent hard military spending by 2032. Rutte also wrote that he expects a commitment to 1.5 per cent related spending

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TREND | 09 May 2025

Moody's Affirms IndusInd Bank Rating; Downgrades Outlook, Standalone Credit Profile

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The rating considers IndusInd Bank's strong capital, core profitability and adequate liquidity which will help mitigate near term risks to its funding and asset quality.

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TREND | 09 May 2025

Retail inflation to slid further to 3% in Apr; easing room for RBI rate cut

Business Standard

In March, retail inflation stood at 3.34 per cent- the lowest since August 2019

India-Pakistan Conflict: How Households Can Prepare For Inflation Triggered By Geopolitical Tensions

NDTV Profit | 09 May 2025 1 more

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TREND | 09 May 2025

As US economy dips, why it means good business for India's exports

Business Standard

Surging trade deficit has had severest impact on America's GDP since 1947