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India's solar capacity build-out is policy-driven via PLI and tariffs. The macro transmission runs through the rupee, trade deficit, RBI rate path, and asset prices.
PPF rate stays at 7.1% for Q1 FY27. The freeze stabilizes deposit costs, bond yields, and rupee carry. Next catalyst: RBI repo decision or June quarter review.
China's 70% EV share, US tariffs, and EU content rules force Seoul to act. Hyundai, Kia, LG Energy Solution face structural headwinds. Policy response likely in H2.
Treasury Secretary Bessent says the department is prepared to print a $250 note featuring Donald Trump. The living-person ban and new denomination raise questions about dollar credibility.
The average 30yr fixed rate fell to 6.59% as US/Iran peace deal hopes and inflation data pull bond yields lower. Here is the transmission path for rates and housing.
Negative real yields from Fed policy force capital out of savings into gold, commodities, and pricing-power equities. The Mises Institute sees no end to this rotation. Next catalyst: CPI print and dot plot.
Softer US inflation reprices rate cuts, drives dollar lower, lifts gold, and rotates equity sectors. The PCE deflator in two weeks is the next test for the easing cycle.
Russia's new law arming central bank staff against drones signals conflict escalation into financial infrastructure. Transmission through gold, oil, and the dollar.
A former Meta employee's advice to budget for a year of unemployment reflects a broader pattern of tech job cuts that could slow consumer spending and reshape rate expectations.
IMF releases $700M to Sri Lanka under EFF, endorses fiscal response, revises 2026 growth to 3%. Impact on bond yields, rupee, and EM risk.
Sustained input cost pressure forces price hikes and shrinkflation in consumer goods. The transmission to CPI could delay rate cuts. Next test: CPI print.
CAB is one of three international banks invited by Guyana’s central bank. The license unlocks transactional rails for an economy averaging 47% GDP growth. Next catalyst: representative office opening in Georgetown.
Corning's stock rides the Nvidia AI optical wave. Display glass, environmental tech, and life sciences carry their own fault lines. Here's the risk breakdown.
TCS wins multi-year, multi-million dollar deal from SKF to modernize IT with AI. The deal counters AI disruption fears and sets a watchlist signal for IT services.
13-week money supply growth rate at highest since 2022. Read how this liquidity measure transmits through real yields, dollar, gold and risk assets.
XCMG showcased electric excavators from 1-tonne to 90-tonne classes and delivered hundreds of units to overseas customers. The event signals a strategic shift worth monitoring. What would confirm the bullish thesis?
With less than half of expected investments matured, India's PLI rethink could shift rupee, bond yields, and sector allocation toward value-added manufacturing.
RBI's PA-P licence lets MobiKwik monetize its 140 million registered users via new merchant payments, resetting the valuation discount. The next earnings release will test the growth trajectory.
BofA analyst Wamsi Mohan sees Apple as the key platform for agentic AI, raising price target to $380 and outlining up to $65B revenue opportunity by 2030.
J.P. Morgan upgrades Timken, Allient, Cognex, sending Timken to an all-time high. The call signals institutional conviction in robotics and AI data center spending.
Under RBI rules, bank accounts dormant for 10 years transfer to DEAF. The UDGAM portal lets depositors reclaim funds, creating potential liability for banks.
Economists doubt the Atlanta Fed's 4.3% Q2 GDPNow estimate. We trace how yields, the dollar, and SPY respond if the forecast holds or fades.
Nate Barad of Algolia argues that conversion rates, not foot traffic, will separate retail winners this summer. The readthrough favors personalization software vendors.
PULS ETF offers yield above Treasuries while equity dividends lag. A macro signal for capital rotation into short-dated credit if the Fed holds.
RBI's quantum computing panel may accelerate compliance spending for Indian IT firms INFY and WIT, with Alpha Scores 57 and 46. Next catalyst: panel report within 6-12 months.
Fed Governor Waller holds rates steady as half of CPI categories show 3%+ inflation, flagging Middle East conflict as a wild card for the policy path.
David Kotok's BLS analysis shows intermediate goods lead CPI by several months. The pipeline means sticky inflation risks and a slower Fed rate path ahead.
Warsh faces 3.8% CPI and war-driven oil. Even if he cuts, BoC at 2.25% won't follow. CAD strengthens on narrowing gap. Next catalyst: June Fed meeting.
LIC's 6.06% stake hike in Central Bank of India strengthens the domestic institutional bid, with read-throughs for bond yields and the rupee ahead of the Budget.
Lower oil inflation expectations boost SCHQ. Term premium and fiscal supply remain dominant. Next Treasury auction schedule is the real catalyst.