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TREND | 06 Jun 2025

Home Loan Interest Rates In June 2025: SBI, HDFC Bank, PNB, ICICI Bank And Others; Check Latest Rates

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The central bank has announced a 50 basis points rate cut, which means that EMIs on home and other loans are expected to decrease soon.

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TREND | 06 Jun 2025

Asia Sees Trump's 5%-Of-GDP Defense Spending Goal As Unrealistic

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Bond markets are already nervous about burgeoning budget shortfalls, making arms upgrades a source of financial, not just geopolitical, risk.

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TREND | 05 Jun 2025

Retail inflation likely to ease to 6-year low of 3% in May on cooling food prices: UBI

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Effectively, overall inflation declined 18 basis points in April 2025 compared to last year's period. According to the data, core inflation remained almost flat at 4.09% in April, while core inflation excluding gold stayed unchanged at 3.3%

Inflation data threatened by US government's hiring freeze as tariffs loom

Business Standard | 05 Jun 2025

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TREND | 04 Jun 2025

India opposed, but ADB approved $800 million loan to Pakistan

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Despite India's warnings on fund misuse and Pakistan's declining debt-to-GDP ratio, ADB approved the controversial financing package

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TREND | 04 Jun 2025

India's stainless steel demand to grow 7-8% annually over 2-3 years: ISSDA

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The demand for stainless steel in the country is expected to grow in the range of 7-8 per cent Y-O-Y over the next three years, the Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA) said on Wednesday. The overall consumption of stainless steel reached 4.8 million tonnes in FY25, registering a Year-On-Year (Y-O-Y) growth of about 8 per cent, ISSDA President Rajamani Krishnamurti said at the Global Stainless-Steel Expo 2025 (GSSE 2025). Around 10,000 industry leaders, policy makers and experts from India and abroad, as well as government representatives, are attending the event. "India is likely to retain the highest GDP growth among economies of the world. The stainless steel demand is expected to grow by 7-8 per cent in the next 2-3 years," Krishnamurti told participants at the three-day conference. The per capita steel consumption in India stands at around 3.4 kg as against the world average of over 6 kg, he added. Low consumption as against the world average provides a grea

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TREND | 04 Jun 2025

Dollar edges down as trade tensions simmer ahead of jobs data

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The dollar weakened as investors awaited United States job data. Trade talks involving President Trump are also in focus. A deadline for trade offers is set, alongside potential tariff hikes. Trump may speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Macroeconomic data influences the dollar. The Australian dollar remained steady before GDP data. South Korea's won rose after Lee Jae-myung's presidential win.

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TREND | 04 Jun 2025

Loan Prepayment In 2025: Does It Still Make Sense As Interest Rates Cool Off?

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Mostly, banks revise the interest rates on home loans and personal loans with every repo rate cut to pass on the benefits to the customers, as they get the money from the RBI at a lower rate.

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TREND | 03 Jun 2025

FY26 To Mark Recovery In Growth, Earnings To Hit Double Digits: Citi's Surendra Goyal

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Goyal noted that recent GDP data, robust GST collections, and strength in investment during the fourth quarter offer signs of a rebound after a slow FY25.

UBS raises India's FY26 GDP forecast to 6.4% after strong Q4 growth

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TREND | 02 Jun 2025

Saudi Arabia aims at 25% of leisure travellers from India by 2030

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The West Asian country's global vision is to attract 150 million tourists annually, generating 10 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP)

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TREND | 02 Jun 2025

Indian economy to be close to $30 trillion mark by 2047: Amitabh Kant

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India's economy, which is currently USD 4 trillion in size, is expected to be close to USD 30 trillion by 2047 and the country also has the advantage of younger demographics, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Monday. He was speaking at a session on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in the national capital. "The demographics are very young. The Western part of the world is ageing and Japan has already aged, even China is ageing. India is just 28 and even when we become 100, the average age will be 35 years. It is a country of baby boomers," Kant said. According to him, the country's economy will be close to USD 30 trillion in 2047. The country is a USD 4 trillion economy and just became the fourth largest economy in the world, he added. While emphasising about sustainable urbanisation, Kant said the country will see around 5 million people getting into the process of urbanisation and there will be a need to create 500 new cities in India. "You need

Indian economy to be close to $30 trillion by 2047: Amitabh Kant

Business Line | 02 Jun 2025