Net financial savings may touch ₹22 lakh crore in FY25: SBI research report

Net financial savings may touch ₹22 lakh crore in FY25: SBI research report

The report said the growing capital pool is crucial for funding government and corporate deficits and supporting macroeconomic stability. File | Photo Credit: Reuters State Bank of India (SBI) in its latest economic research report said that based on the current trends, net financial savings of the household sector may touch ₹22 lakh crore, or […]

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Examining the RBI’s remittances survey

Examining the RBI’s remittances survey

Remittances have long played a quiet but crucial role in India’s external sector balance, but in terms of policy attention, they have often been overshadowed by indicators such as foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade flows. Yet the latest data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Sixth Round of India’s Remittances Survey, released in […]

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Increased outward FDI by Indian companies ‘warrants attention’: Finance Ministry

Increased outward FDI by Indian companies ‘warrants attention’: Finance Ministry

A recent report showed that Indian corporates are planning fewer investments in this financial year (2025) as compared to last year. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Even as Indian companies turn “cautious” on investing within the country, and the global economic scenario remains uncertain, the increased outward foreign direct investment by Indian companies “warrants attention”, […]

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Rupee rises 35 paise to settle at 85.10 against U.S. dollar

Rupee rises 35 paise to settle at 85.10 against U.S. dollar

The Rupee jumped 35 paise to close at 85.10 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on May 26, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Rising for the second straight session, the Rupee jumped 35 paise to close at 85.10 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (May 26, 2025), buoyed by a positive trend in domestic […]

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RBI to pay govt record dividend of ₹2.69 lakh crore for FY25

RBI to pay govt record dividend of ₹2.69 lakh crore for FY25

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the transfer of ₹ 2,68,590.07 crore as surplus to the Centre. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday (May 23, 2025) approved the transfer of ₹2,68,590.07-crore as surplus to the Central Government for the accounting year 2024-25. Under the the Chairmanship of RBI Governor Sanjay […]

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Trump tax on remittances could hurt India, but flows from other countries might limit damage

Trump tax on remittances could hurt India, but flows from other countries might limit damage

U.S. President Donald Trump signs a document in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS A proposal by the Donald Trump administration to levy a 5% tax on remittances to other countries could hurt India in particular, as the United States is the largest source of […]

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Rupee rises 17 paise to close at 85.41 against U.S. dollar

Rupee rises 17 paise to close at 85.41 against U.S. dollar

Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee pared its initial losses and settled for the day higher by 17 paise at 85.41 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (May 9, 2025), as likely intervention by the Reserve Bank of India helped contain excess depreciation of the rupee. Foreign […]

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Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core […]

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RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee meet starts amid expectations of yet another rate hike

RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee meet starts amid expectations of yet another rate hike

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate-setting panel on April 3 started its three-day meeting amid expectations that the Central bank may go for 25 basis points hike in benchmark interest rate, probably the last in the current monetary tightening cycle that began in May 2022. Reserve Bank […]

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