India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (Sep. 2025) India’s headline consumer price inflation fell sharply in September and with the outlook generally benign and the economy set to cool, we think the central bank will resume its easing cycle in the... 13th October 2025 · 2 mins read
Global Economics Rapid Response US Tariff Announcement The announcement by President Trump that, starting October 1st, the US will impose 100% tariffs on imports of pharmaceutical products and a 25% tariff on imports of heavy trucks is not quite as big a... 26th September 2025 · 3 mins read
India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (Aug. 2025) India’s headline CPI inflation rose for the first time in ten months in August, but at just 2.1% it remains very low and we think it will only gradually rise back up to the RBI’s 4% target. This gives... 12th September 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India GDP (Q2 2025) The surprise acceleration in India’s GDP growth in Q2 means that the economy is still on course to expand by a world-beating 7% this year, despite the upcoming hit from punitive US tariffs. 29th August 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (Jul. 2025) The larger-than-expected fall in India’s headline inflation rate in July, to an eight-year low, raises the prospect of the RBI cutting interest rates further this year. But with inflation set to... 12th August 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response Trump’s 25% tariff on India may not be the end point The 25% tariff that President Trump has announced will be applied to imports from India starting Friday would undermine India’s attractiveness as an alternative manufacturing hub to China, if it... 30th July 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (Jun. 2025) The larger-than-expected fall in India’s consumer price inflation to 2.1% y/y in June raises the prospect of the RBI cutting interest rates further at its policy meeting next month. But given the RBI... 14th July 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (May 2025) India’s headline consumer price inflation fell to a 75-month low of 2.8% y/y in May. Inflation may now have bottomed out, but we think it will rise only very gradually back towards the Reserve Bank’s... 12th June 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India GDP (Q1 2025) GDP figures for Q1 2025 show that India’s economy grew at a robust pace at the start of the year and we think that growth may remain strong over the coming quarters as lower interest rates filter... 30th May 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (Apr. 2025) The slight fall in India’s consumer price inflation in April, which pushes it further below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) 4% target, supports our view that the central bank will press ahead with... 13th May 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (Mar. 2025) The larger-than-expected fall in Indian consumer price inflation in March, which pushes it further below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) 4% target, reinforces our view that the central bank will... 15th April 2025 · 2 mins read
India Rapid Response India Consumer Prices (Feb. 2025) The larger-than-expected fall in Indian headline consumer price inflation to below the RBI’s 4% target in February supports our view that the central bank will continue to loosen monetary policy over... 12th March 2025 · 2 mins read
