Economy Tracker News
Mint runs two monthly macroeconomic trackers to assess the state of the Indian economy. The Mint Macro Tracker, launched in October 2018, is a report card on 16 high-frequency indicators, and compares each with their five-year average trends. The Emerging Markets Tracker, launched in September 2019, compares India with nine other peer economies on seven high-frequency indicators.
Indian economy weakens in January as passenger vehicle sales, PMI lose momentum, shows Mint tracker
Out of the 16 high-frequency indicators tracked by Mint, the number of indicators in green fell to six in January from seven the previous month.
1 min read5 Mar 2025India slips from first to fifth among emerging markets in January on weak rupee, sluggish exports: Mint tracker
China secured the first rank as it performed better than all its emerging market peers in GDP growth, exports, inflation and import cover in January. India, on the other hand, slipped from first to fifth rank.
1 min read24 Feb 2025India trips China for top position in emerging markets ranking in December
India’s economic performance showed significant improvement in December as some recovery in stock market capitalization helped pull it to the top of the ranking for the first time in five months.
1 min read26 Jan 2025Trump’s return nudges economists’ inflation outlook higher
Survey finds tariffs, tax cuts and immigration policy could weigh on price outlook for next two years.
4 min read20 Jan 2025Weakness in Indian economy persisted in November, shows Mint tracker
Out of the 16 high-frequency indicators tracked by Mint, six indicators were in red in November, same as previous month.
1 min read6 Jan 2025India retains second spot among emerging markets in November, trails China: Mint tracker
India’s economic activity remained strong, winning it the second rank among its emerging market peers, but poor performance by the stock market and exports kept it behind China.
1 min read30 Dec 2024Mint tracker: October sees slight deterioration in Indian economy’s performance
Out of the 16 high-frequency indicators tracked by Mint, six indicators were in red in October compared to five the previous month.
1 min read5 Dec 2024India climbs to second position in emerging markets tracker, led by strong export growth
After falling to the sixth rank in August, India’s performance showed improvement in October on the back of reversal in exports growth even as the stock market rout continued.
1 min read25 Nov 2024Indian economy improves marginally in September but weakness persists, shows Mint tracker
Out of the 16 high-frequency indicators tracked by Mint, five indicators were in red in September compared to eight in August.
1 min read3 Nov 2024India pales among emerging market peers again in September
India climbed two places in September but failed to make it among the top three emerging market countries.
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Budget
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