CNBC's Inside India newsletter: Can a consumption boost save India's slowing economy?

• India likely to cut benchmark rates for the first time in nearly five years as economy slows, inflation eases

  India is widely anticipated to cut its benchmark policy rate at the policy meeting concluding this Friday.
  
  CNBC - 18h

• Budget boost for India’s middle class

  Also in this newsletter: Harley-Davidson diplomacy and IndiGo chief executive’s mantra
  
  Financial Times - 2d

• India set for blockbuster IPO year despite slowing economic growth

  Public flotations could raise more than $23bn in 2025 as local demand keeps valuations high
  
  Financial Times - 4d

• India's finance minister faces a tough choice crafting the annual budget — boost growth or cut deficit?

  This is the coalition government's first full-year budget after its assuming power in June.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 30

• India’s Modi faces budget challenge as economy slows

  Finance minister under pressure to revive growth while maintaining fiscal discipline
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 30
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  India’s Economy Slows Down Just When It Was Supposed to Speed Up

  Industrial growth, the stock market and the rupee are sinking, and most consumers earn too little to buoy them, stymieing India’s drive to become a developed economy.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 21

• California wildfires could slow the economy and boost inflation — and that’s not even the worst of it, economists say

  There were 27 natural disasters that cost at least $1 billion in 2024, well above the annual average of nine such events from 1980 to 2023.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 16

• China's slowing economy is waiting for more stimulus. Here's how the country plans to boost growth

  China's slowing economy is still waiting for promised government support to kick in.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 16

• India's inflation slows to lower-than-expected 5.22% in December, boosting case for rate cuts

  The full year inflation forecast for the RBI's 2024 fiscal year ending June 2025 is projected at 4.8%.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 13
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  Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room

  The Thistle will open its doors next week after nearly a decade of deadlock over drug laws.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 10

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