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What started as a trade policy announcement became one of the most disruptive economic events of recent times. On April 2, 2025, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, came out into the White House Rose Garden holding a huge chart, and
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Talks Between U.S. and Iran Fail to Reach a Deal Talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad broke down after a full day of negotiations. Following the failure, the United States announced a naval blockade targeting vessels linked to Iranian port
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In a unanimous decision today, i.e., April 08, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, in its first bi-monthly monetary policy meeting of FY27. The standing deposit facility (SDF
The Indian rupee made headlines twice this week. First for all the wrong reasons, touching record lows and raising fears of a slide toward 100 to the dollar after touching the all time high of little over 95. Then, just as quickly, it staged one of i
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