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Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The Year the Old Order Shattered

BUSINESS

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The Year the Old Order Shattered

The year witnessed the deliberate dismantling of the post-Cold War order, replaced by a volatile new era of transactional power politics

The Two Indias: How soaring inequality is shaping markets, economy

BUSINESS

The Two Indias: How soaring inequality is shaping markets, economy

New data reveal a decade of intense income and wealth concentration in India, creating a dual economy that is redefining winners and losers across consumer and asset markets

The Currency Battleground: How undervalued yuan powers China's surplus while India's rupee tells a different story

MARKETS

The Currency Battleground: How undervalued yuan powers China's surplus while India's rupee tells a different story

Beyond the political noise, BIS exchange rate data exposes the true scale of competitive devaluations, showing why China's surplus is a policy outcome while India's deficit reveals a growth story

A hawkish ease? The Fed’s 2026 clues could shift capital from AI to emerging markets

BUSINESS

A hawkish ease? The Fed’s 2026 clues could shift capital from AI to emerging markets

While markets have already priced in a rate cut, the true significance of this FOMC meeting lies in the signals it sends about the longevity of the easing cycle and its implications for a richly valued AI-led rally and global capital flows

China's $1 trillion trade surplus: How a domestic demand crisis became the world's problem

BUSINESS

China's $1 trillion trade surplus: How a domestic demand crisis became the world's problem

China's record US$1.08 trillion trade surplus signals both a manufacturing triumph and a looming systemic crisis that could reshape everything from currency markets to India's industrial ambitions

Data Story: GDP numbers show several sectors suffering from deflation

ECONOMY

Data Story: GDP numbers show several sectors suffering from deflation

Deflation is gripping farms, mines, and construction—but is the data hiding the true health of India's urban economy?

The boundless optimism of the Indian consumer

BUSINESS

The boundless optimism of the Indian consumer

Why does the Indian consumer remain so hopeful, even when their income says they shouldn't be? The answer might just be what's keeping the entire economy afloat

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | RBI unleashes Goldilocks

BUSINESS

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | RBI unleashes Goldilocks

India's structural transformation is raising potential growth — but only for some

ECONOMY

India's structural transformation is raising potential growth — but only for some

India's impressive growth rates mask a stark reality: half of recent economic expansion comes from high-productivity sectors that employ barely one-eighth of the workforce

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Decoding India's Q2 Growth Stunner

BUSINESS

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Decoding India's Q2 Growth Stunner

India's economy just posted growth in Q2 that beat every forecast, but the real story is messier than the headline

IMF to India: Keep policy flexible until US tariff uncertainty clears

BUSINESS

IMF to India: Keep policy flexible until US tariff uncertainty clears

The IMF's growth and policy projections for India are entirely contingent on one factor: how soon the 50 percent US tariffs are rolled back

What to look for beneath Friday’s Q2 GDP headline

BUSINESS

What to look for beneath Friday’s Q2 GDP headline

India’s Q2 GDP data will likely show strong real growth, but the real signal lies in the nominal slowdown that’s straining revenues, profits, and fiscal arithmetic 

The new Labour Codes do not create flexibility — They just make it legal

POLICY-2

The new Labour Codes do not create flexibility — They just make it legal

India’s new labour codes formalize a flexibility that already existed, promising broader social protection in return

Flash PMIs paint picture of resilient but fragile global economy at year-end

BUSINESS

Flash PMIs paint picture of resilient but fragile global economy at year-end

The latest global economic snapshots from PMI surveys place India's RBI at the opposite end of the policy spectrum from the US Fed, with softening price pressures and fading animal spirits at home building a case for rate cuts

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Siren Song

BUSINESS

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Siren Song

Nvidia's blockbuster earnings weren't a victory lap -- they were the siren song luring global markets towards a capital reallocation to AI so massive, concentrated and fragile that even a small crack could capsize everything

India's Trade Shift: More China, less Russia, uncertain America

BUSINESS

India's Trade Shift: More China, less Russia, uncertain America

As global trade upheaval reshapes partnerships, India's goods export and import patterns from April-October 2025 reveal tactical manoeuvres with the US, a pragmatic thaw with China, and a strategic pivot away from Russia—but the real question is whether these shifts will endure

Decoding Economics: Which days really move global markets?

MARKETS

Decoding Economics: Which days really move global markets?

New research from the US Fed pinpoints the specific US and political events that trigger global risk aversion, offering Indian investors a powerful tool to anticipate volatility rather than just react to it

Data Story: India's October trade deficit balloons, but gold rush, base effects tell a deceptive story

BUSINESS

Data Story: India's October trade deficit balloons, but gold rush, base effects tell a deceptive story

India's merchandise exports contracted 11.82 percent in October 2025, pushing the trade deficit to a staggering $41.68 billion, but beneath the alarming headline numbers lie temporary distortions from festive gold imports and statistical base effects that mask a more nuanced reality

Data Story: PLFS data show urban unemployment increased during the festive season

BUSINESS

Data Story: PLFS data show urban unemployment increased during the festive season

The festive shopping boom brought cheer to retailers but not to job seekers as urban unemployment rose even as sales surged

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Beyond Q2: Will India Inc's robust ROCE translate into capex?

BUSINESS

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Beyond Q2: Will India Inc's robust ROCE translate into capex?

In November 17 edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Bihar's landslide verdict cements bullish case for India's politics, why global sentiment stays strong despite economic uncertainty, China answers Trump with a blitz of innovation, and more

Chart of the Day: Why global sentiment stays strong despite record economic uncertainty

BUSINESS

Chart of the Day: Why global sentiment stays strong despite record economic uncertainty

As policy turbulence pushes the World Uncertainty Index to historic highs in 2025, business and consumer confidence defies expectations—revealing a paradox that challenges conventional wisdom about economic resilience

Bihar's landslide verdict cements bullish case for India's political economy

BUSINESS

Bihar's landslide verdict cements bullish case for India's political economy

Bihar's decisive verdict proves that targeted welfare and infrastructure spending build durable political coalitions while generating the consumption demand and policy stability that investors prize

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Green Shoots for the Second Half

BUSINESS

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Green Shoots for the Second Half

With the EPS downgrade cycle over and a confluence of positive factors emerging, the seeds for a market upswing may finally be sprouting

No country for working women

BUSINESS

No country for working women

A data-driven analysis revealing why India's marginally improving female unemployment rate masks a deeper crisis of scarce, precarious, and often unpaid work for women

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