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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicEconomy slowdown

Topic: Economy slowdown

Chinese economy has been hit by a perfect storm: Property shock, Zero Covid, climate, Taiwan

Radhika Pandey -
The world's second largest economy is in crisis, hit by lockdowns, impaired supply chains, slump in real estate sector and geo-political tensions.

Lack of demand, low import duty, price crash — Kerala’s rubber trouble stretches on

Abhish K Bose -
Farmers in Kerala are looking at alternative crops or not tapping their rubber as prices have crashed due to lack of demand, imports and labour.

India should spend more to revive demand, not worry about deficit: Economy expert Martin Wolf

Remya Nair -
Speaking at ThePrint's OffTheCuff, Chief Economics Commentator at The Financial Times Martin Wolf said India can afford to increase its debt-to-GDP ratio to 90%, but should avoid borrowing in foreign currency.

‘Life will return’ to Indian businesses in September if all goes well: Sundaram Finance

Ganesh Nagarajan -
The prediction is based on the estimate that any policies to alleviate stress will take about four months to percolate through the Indian economy.

What crisis? HDFC Bank is ramping up corporate loans while rivals are retreating

Suvashree Ghosh -
HDFC Bank’s lending to large & small companies surged 63% over 2 years through 31 Dec as economy went from world-leading growth to slowest expansion in 6 years.

Salary increases this year in India will be the smallest in a decade, says survey

Ragini Saxena -
Indian companies will increase average pay by 9.1% in 2020, down from 9.3% in 2019 and 9.5% the previous year, and the slowest since 2009.

Budget for a dozing economy, Sitharaman’s tightrope & Economic Survey’s doublespeak

Shubhangi Misra -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

S Acharya on 5-6% GDP, H Drabu on J&K & Valson Thampu rues Opposition ‘collapse’

Fiza Jha -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Personal loan defaults become a worry after Indian unemployment rises to 45-year high

Ameya Karve -
Credit analysts are signalling potential risks in personal loans following the slowdown in the economy and a drying-up of credit from shadow banks.

Indians aren’t optimistic about the economy’s present or future, RBI survey finds

Achyut Mishra -
RBI consumer confidence survey exhibits dimming sentiments on factors such as employment situation, income earned & spending on non-essential items.

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Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Kanchi Dileep -
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

J&K statehood just a matter of time—‘Naya Kashmir’ first has to resolve complex issues

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

Economy

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

Deepika Amirapu -
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Defence

How Indian Army has tweaked its war game strategy as enemy lines on nuclear, conventional deterrence blur

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan says India’s nuclear capability will not be considered a separate domain, but part of cognitive war in multi domain operations.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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