Inflation Analysis – FY24
India’s inflation based on WPI and CPI showed divergent trend for the year ended March’24 (FY24) but from different initial level. While CPI moved down to 4.85% in March’24 from…
Insurance Industry in India – An Overview
Insurance sector in India has low visibility despite sitting on a large corpus, almost one-fourth the size of the entire banking industry. The sector provides an alternate channel for financial…
Annual Survey of Indian Industries – Part II
Recap – As per MOSPI survey, there are a total of 2.46 lakh factories in the country with Rs 49.7 lakh crore of capital invested (2019-20). While profits for these…
Annual Survey of Indian Industries – Part I
The results of Annual Survey of Indian Industries for the year FY21 and FY22 released recently shows an increase of 30% and 56% in profits during the two years. This…
Analyzing Corporate Bond Market
Corporate bond market in India has come out of the uncertainties arising due to defaults a few years ago. However, the full potential can be tapped only when sufficient incentives…
Derivatives Market in India – An Overview
Derivates market in India has caught the fancy of investors with the turnover increasing over two hundred times in last five years! While derivatives serve an important function as hedging…
Global Food Price Inflation – Understanding the Dynamics
After sharp increase for two consecutive years, food prices have recorded a decline of 14% in 2023 as per Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO). However, prices are still about 26%…
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) – An Overview
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is an important economic concept, requiring significant efforts to arrive at an authentic value. World Bank carries out an extensive exercise, called International Comparison Program (ICP),…
Analyzing India’s Financial Sector Interconnectedness
Financial structure of a country is a network of institutions such as Banks, NBFCs, HFCs, Insurance companies, mutual funds and so on. All of these are connected to each other…
Government Debt – Analyzing the Movement
Central government’s total debt is projected to increase to Rs 187 lakh crore by the end of FY25, as per the budget projections. This corresponds to an increase of 8.7%…