In his testimony, Jerome Powell of the US Fed almost confirmed that there would be a 25 bps rate cut in the July 31st Fed policy announcement. That is likely to be a big positive for the global markets on Thursday. Even as the markets are up against Read more [...]

The June quarter is not likely to be too flattering for Indian corporate top lines. IN fact, CRISIL expects Q1 revenue growth to be the weakest in 8 quarters. According to a report by CRISIL, the Jun-19 quarter could see sales growing by just about 5% Read more [...]

The Nifty and the Sensex were highly volatile during the day but closed almost flat as markets showed a sharp recovery from lower levels. The government has agreed to evaluate if any clarification is necessary on the FPI tax issue. As we had said Read more [...]

After China, India seems to be the next trade target for Donald Trump. In fact, Trump has issued a warning that Indian tariffs on American imports were unacceptable. A month after the Commerce Ministry imposed punitive tariffs on 28 items of US imports Read more [...]

A lot would depend on how the government clarifies on the impact of the higher surcharge on select group of FPIs. This was the factor that really spooked markets leading to the Sensex losing 1200 points in 2 days. Keep an eye on strong NBFCs like Read more [...]

Now the Ministry of Agriculture has also admitted that the erratic rains could impact Kharif output. The Ministry admitted that the summer crop planting was down by 27% this year on a YOY basis with paddy and cotton taking a hit in June. The seeding Read more [...]

News Announcement Impact Analysis Budget projects Indian economy GDP at $5 trillion in 7 years from now The GDP growth rate assumed is around 7-8% in real terms and 12% in nominal terms The budget has also looked at a likely GDP Read more [...]

Mark Mobius of Templeton is of the view that there was being too much ado about fiscal slippage and it was unlikely to hurt foreign outflows. Mobius is of the view that a fiscal spillage due to growth push may not exactly scare the FPIs from investing Read more [...]