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Mint Quick Edit | Inflation is down: Will interest rates follow?

Retail inflation was 5.2% in December, down from 5.5% the month earlier. The hope is that it cools off further and India’s upcoming budget doesn’t stoke price pressures.

1 min read14 Jan 2025
Opinion

Welfare schemes have reshaped the retail prices that matter to people

Free foodgrains for 800 million Indians mean no expense for most on wheat and rice, which make up 7.5% of India’s Consumer Price Index. For better policymaking, we must update our inflation metrics to reflect actual patterns of consumption.

4 min read6 Jan 2025
Companies

S&P 500 Rally Hits a Wall as Treasury Yields Spike: Markets Wrap

A rally that drove stocks to a series of all-time highs ran out of steam, with Treasury yields soaring and the dollar hitting a two-year high ahead of key inflation data.

2 min read13 Nov 2024
Economy

India’s CPI and IIP data release time to change: Check details

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI) has revised the timings for the release of the monthly CPI and IIP data, on Tuesday, November 5.

1 min read5 Nov 2024
Economy

Inflation likely hit a 3-month high in September: Mint poll

Headline inflation in India likely climbed up again in September on account of normalising base effects and a rise in vegetable prices, undoing the easing streak seen in July and August.

1 min read10 Oct 2024
News

S&P 500 Hits Record High in Run-Up to CPI Report: Markets Wrap

Wall Street traders gearing up for key inflation data sent stocks to fresh all-time highs. Treasuries retreated while the dollar notched its longest winning run in more than two years.

3 min read10 Oct 2024
News

US dollar rises to two-month highs ahead of CPI

GLOBAL-FOREX:US dollar rises to two-month highs ahead of CPI

3 min read10 Oct 2024
Economy

US Inflation Is Set to Reassure a Labor Market-Focused Fed

US inflation probably moderated at the end of the third quarter, reassuring a Federal Reserve that’s shifting more of its policy focus toward shielding the labor market.

6 min read6 Oct 2024
Markets

Canada’s TSX post longest daily winning streak in 13 months

CANADA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 2):CANADA STOCKS-Canada’s TSX post longest daily winning streak in 13 months

1 min read16 Aug 2024
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