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Topic: inflation

Pakistanis are taking loans to bury their dead. Tax hike has led to rising funeral costs

Pakistan’s problem arises from its economic condition. The country’s annual inflation rate eased slightly to 11.07 per cent in June 2026, down from 11.7 per cent in May.

Pakistan inflation rises to highest in 2 years as West Asia conflict pushes energy costs

Pakistan’s inflation accelerated to the highest in two years with petrol and diesel prices being 48% and 38% higher than pre-war levels.

Turkey’s economy cools more than expected in first quarter amid US-Israel & Iran war

Turkey's GDP only expanded 0.1% in the first quarter from the previous three months as the central bank moved to tighten monetary policy to deter risks related to the Iran war.

Growth, inflation & the gaps in between: What latest RBI annual report says about where India stands

RBI's Annual Report necessitates acknowledgement of an economy that not only withstood one of most challenging external environments in recent history but also experienced acceleration.

Iran war, edible oil price shock, weak rupee & monsoon could hit India middle-class hard in FY27

Rising cost of imports & edible oils coupled with the likelihood of El Niño are capable of delivering a punch as powerful as a crude oil price shock.

Why NITI Aayog and EAC-PM should produce reports on where the Indian economy is headed

The EAC-PM and a new-look NITI Aayog can supplement the efforts of the RBI and the finance ministry in improving our understanding of the Indian economy and offering policy prescriptions.

Global media says assembly election results can make or break ‘Modi’s Hindutva project’

Bloomberg writes on the polls in four states & the challenges confronting Indian economy. FT focuses on the power struggles in Tata leadership post Ratan Tata's death in Oct 2024.

New CPI basket shows that India’s expenditure pattern has changed

The changes ensure that payments such as dearness allowance or pensions, that are linked to the CPI, will be more closely based on the true consumption baskets of households.

January retail inflation is 2.75% as India rolls out new CPI series with 2024 base year

First inflation readings under the revised CPI framework comes in at 2.75%, with food inflation at 2.13 percent, as MoSPI expands market coverage & updates consumption weights.

RBI is buying time by not cutting the repo rate. Past policy needs a breather to work

Domestic conditions alone do not explain RBI’s decision on 6 February. The global environment has become increasingly important.

On Camera

Ajinkya Rahane’s farewell closes the chapter on India’s greatest Test generation

Ajinkya Rahane was at the heart of India's rise under Kohli and Shastri. Nowhere was his understated value more immortalised than during the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.