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    • How to protect your savings from inflation

      Rising prices rarely arrive as a shock. They creep up slowly, and unless your savings grow fast enough, the real value of your money quietly shrinks.

    • Iran conflict: How vulnerable is India’s economy?

      A spike in crude prices threatens to widen India’s current account deficit, stoke inflation, and put pressure on the rupee

    • Outlook for interest rates remains tilted for prolonged pause: DBS Senior Economist Radhika Rao

      In an email interview with Moneycontrol, DBS’ Rao warned of an upside to inflationary pressures in the coming months, should oil prices remain elevated at more than $70 per barrel for a sustained period of time.

    • Nifty Realty falls nearly 2%, Godrej Properties, Prestige down up to 4% as crude-driven inflation worries weigh

      The weakness in real estate shares comes amid broader concerns about elevated crude oil prices and their potential inflationary impact, which could delay interest-rate cuts by central banks.

    • Indian bonds fall 5 bps on raging conflict in the Middle East

      The benchmark 10-year bond yield was trading at 6.7238 percent on March 4

    • RBI meeting minutes show optimism in economic growth, muted inflation print

      The meeting minutes released said that the Indian economy is likely to improve considerably post the trade agreements with US and EU

    • What happens to Aadhaar after death and how can it be closed?

      The UIDAI now enables relatives to report a death online, facilitating the secure and organised deactivation of the deceased's Aadhaar number

    • How the new CPI series will influence India’s bond markets

      With inflation trending near the RBI’s target, monetary policy will likely remain on an extended pause keeping rates lower for longer 

    • Higher weight of core inflation in the new inflation series prompt economists to lower headline CPI forecast for FY27

      Due to the new series, inflation is seen to be lower than earlier-projected, giving room for the central bank to extend the pause on policy rate further, say economists.

    • New CPI series reaffirms benign inflation scenario, but extended pause on policy rate likely

      The updated CPI with base 2024 sharply reduces food’s weight to 36.75%, strengthening headline inflation’s relevance as the monetary policy anchor. The data confirms inflation bottomed in Q3FY26, now rising toward 4% — strengthening RBI's case to hold rates

    • Uptick in month-on-month new CPI signals price pressures in January

      The first inflation print under India’s updated CPI series is comfortable, but there’s a month-on-month momentum in January that the RBI can’t afford to brush aside

    • Pets, parties and personal effects drive January inflation despite softer food prices

      Among the fastest rising categories, other personal effects recorded inflation of about 59%, far exceeding the national average

    • Urban-rural inflation gap narrows as new CPI series reshapes price dynamics

      The narrowing of the gap is largely attributable to changes in the weight assigned to food items in the CPI basket

    • Telangana overtakes Kerala as highest inflation state, Assam records slowest rise

      Most large states now hover close to the national average

    • January retail inflation at 2.75% in first print under new CPI series

      First inflation reading under revised 2024-base series reflects lower food weight and broader consumption basket

    • CPI revamp may give RBI reason to stay on hold

      The weighting of volatile items such as food has been reduced to about 36.8% from nearly half previously

    • Why Kerala may continue to see higher inflation even under the new CPI series

      A key factor is the relatively high weight of non-food expenditure in Kerala’s inflation basket. At roughly 66%, non-food items account for a larger share than in most states

    • Nachos to massagers and international flights: India’s new CPI basket expands as services weigh more

      The revised basket also reflects the growing importance of services, discretionary consumption and urban lifestyles, with the weight rising to 30% from 23% earlier

    • RBI MPC meet: Why did central bank keep repo rate unchanged? Here's what experts say

      RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept its repo rate unchanged at 5.25% after a cumulative cut of 125 basis points since February 2025.

    • RBI governor Malhotra says CPI, growth outlook to be based on new series

      New CPI series set to release next week, FY27 GDP projections deferred to April MPC.

    • RBI decides to pause, all eyes on new GDP and CPI series

      After front-loading rate cuts, the central bank focus is on transmission

    • RBI’s February rate pattern contrasts with fluid inflation, growth projections

      Early fiscal-year forecasts are often revised quickly, keeping focus on evolving macro signals

    • MPC Poll | RBI likely to hold rates today, focus shifts to liquidity management, transmission

      The February policy is expected maintain the repo rate at 5.25% as the RBI shifts focus from rate cuts to liquidity infusion, experts say.

    • Inflation to stay within RBI’s tolerance band, says FM Sitharaman

      The RBI targets a 4 percent headline inflation rate within a tolerance band of 2 percent to 6 percent.

    • Food weight drops below 40%, rural share rises to 55% in new CPI series

      The weight of food and beverages in the headline index will decline sharply to 36.8 percent from 45.9 percent in the current 2012-based series

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