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The record-breaking US government shutdown is nearing an end after a group of moderate Senate Democrats agreed to support a deal to reopen the government and fund some departments and agencies for the next year.

1 Days ago

The HSBC India Services PMI eased to 58.9 in October from 60.9 in September, the slowest expansion since May but still well above the 50 mark, indicating continued growth.

4 Days ago

States spent INR 2.5tn, or 26.3% of their INR 9.6tn budgeted capital expenditure during April-September 2025, an analysis of monthly account reports of 20 states released by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India showed

13 Hours ago

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UFI-05.06.22

ICICI Bank’s weekly UFI1 had a marginal moderation to 111.4 vs. 111.8 the week before. Download the report to know more.

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05 Jun 22 09:00 AM

UFI-29.05.22

During the week the labour market remained steady with unemployment rate index was marginally down vs. the week before.Download the report to know more.

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29 May 22 12:00 PM

UFI-22.05.22

During the week, unemployment rate in both urban and rural areas increased thus, weighing on the overall index.Download the report to know more.

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22 May 22 12:00 PM

UFI-15.05.22

During the week unemployment rate witnessed considerable fall driven by reduction in rural unemployment while urban unemployment rate too registered a small fall. Labour force participation rate saw a marginal dip.Download the report to know more.

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15 May 22 12:00 PM

UFI-08.05.22

Unemployment rate increased to 8.17% during the week vs. 7.39% seen in the previous week, led by a sharp rise in rural unemployment (8.04% vs 6.4% last week) while urban unemployment rate displayed a moderation (8.45% vs 9.46% last week).Download the report to know more.

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08 May 22 12:00 PM

CENTRAL BANK ZONE

Reserve Bank of India

The MPC kept retained repo rate and stance unchanged in the October meeting, with the tone of the policy being dovish with room opening up for easing. Notably, two external members wanted to change stance to ‘accommodative’
While GDP growth for FY26 has been revised up by 0.3% to 6.8% driven by H1 (7.4% vs 6.6% earlier), H2 forecast has been revised lower by around 0.2% (6.3% now) due to external headwinds. Benign food prices and GST cuts have driven CPI inflation forecast to 2.6% for FY26 which is 1.1% lower than June projection. However, a low base is likely to push next year’s inflation to 4.5%
With current growth trajectory below 6.5% in H2 and external headwinds, we believe room has opened up for a 25bps reduction in policy repo rate in December. Room for further easing is conditional on a number of factors: external headwinds and domestic growth when inflation is benign

Federal Reserve

The FOMC maintained status quo on expected lines at 4.25% to 4.5% for the fifth consecutive meeting, although the decision was not unanimous as two of eleven voting members dissented. The dissenting votes were on expected lines.
We subsequently maintain our view of a back-loaded easing cycle commencing in September with 75bps worth of rate cuts expected in 2025. The FOMC could do more rate cuts if growth deteriorates much more rapidly or the unemployment rate rises much sharper than expected.
The Fed is expected to further cut rate by 75bps in 2026.

Bank of England

In its policy meeting in August, the BoE cut policy rates by 25bps and re-affirmed that it will a "gradual and careful approach". The hawkish rate cut was a result of a 5-4 decision to ease policy.
In its next policy meeting in September, the BoE is expected to maintain status quo as it faces the prospects of rising inflation driven by services and housing bills.
The BoE is expected to cut rates by another 50 bps by the end of 2026.

European Central Bank

In the policy meeting in July, the ECB maintained status quo stating statting that inflation is currently at the medium term target of 2% and that growth has remained resilient despite a turbulent external environment. Going forward the bank has stated that it will take a meeting by meeting data dependent approch closing monitoring the external environment.
The ECB is expected to keep rates steady, given the stable inflation profile and robust labour markets.
Our base-case for the ECB the policy rate by a further cumulative 25bps resulting in a terminal rate of 1.75%.

People's Bank of China

The PBoC announced: (a) a reduction in the seven day repurchase reference rate by 30bps, (b) cut in the one-year MLF rate by 30bps in September 2024, (c ) cut in the RRR by 50bps in May 2025 and kept unchanged since then, (d) excluding rural banks from RRR and (e ) cut in the minimum down-payment ratio from 25% to 15%.
We expect a further 25bps-50bps worth of rate cuts and RRR cuts of an additional quantum of 50bps in the seven day repurchase agreement.
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