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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicFed interest rates

Topic: Fed interest rates

Dollar scales six month peak as US inflation comes in focus

Investors are pricing in lower taxes and new trade tariffs under the Trump administration, measures seen as inflationary which could prompt Fed to curb easing of interest rates.

Markets rally as Trump secures second term, Bitcoin soars to record high

Trump's victory hit long-dated Treasuries and revived the 'Trump trade,' with yields rising on tariff hike expectations, a higher deficit, inflation, and limited Fed rate cuts.

Weaker rupee, higher inflation — Why US Fed raising rates is more bad news for Indian economy

Aggressive rate hikes will dampen demand & cause economic slowdown. In this uncertain scenario, India should avoid knee jerk policy responses & strengthen its macro-fundamentals.

This is the biggest week of 2019 for the world economy

The highlight is Wednesday’s decision by US fed reserve with markets & economists predicting interest rate cuts for first time in more than a decade.

The message for India from US Fed: Open up bond market or risk flight of capital

India is debating whether to open the country's debt markets wider to foreigners, to as much as 8 percent of outstanding bonds, from 5 percent currently. A 1 percentage point increase in the limit may attract 800 billion rupees.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.