Where is India’s economy headed? ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash
In this podcast recorded on 5 June 2026, we discuss why the sense of foreboding on India’s economy – that something really bad is about to happen – is misplaced. We discuss:
Piecing together disparate data for economic and market insights
In this podcast recorded on 5 June 2026, we discuss why the sense of foreboding on India’s economy – that something really bad is about to happen – is misplaced. We discuss:
This appeared in the Times of India on 14 May 2026 (link). Well into the third month of the Iran war, earlier assumptions of a short-lived conflict have now been well and truly negated. Over the past week, even as physical shortages of oil seem to have eased, the price of oil for March 2027 … Read more
In this video, Bidisha and I discuss India’s economic outlook, focusing on the upcoming Union Budget 2026: global economic turbulence, India’s growth drivers, and critical policy priorities. Main points We discuss the significant risk posed by disruptions to global capital flows, drawing parallels to the period between 1989 and 1993. Major global players like the … Read more
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Post-US/EU sanctions, energy markets aren’t panicking; there’s other supply & India’s macroeconomy can easily adjust This was published in the Times of India on 25 October 2025 (link). In a change of tactics to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the US has blacklisted two Russian oil majors Lukoil and Rosneft. This is designed to prevent foreign … Read more
We decode the macroeconomic outlook for India, addressing: How India is navigating economic headwinds, The impact of tariff trends and trade policies, Key drivers of India’s growth story and policy reforms, and what lies ahead for investors, businesses, and policymakers.
We discuss how the world is changing, the thawing of India China relationship, US Tariff impact on India, the US India relationship, possibility of de-dollarisation, the rise of Digital Currency, how the US policymakers are much more agile than India’s governance structure allows, India’s growth slowdown and how it is reversing, FII selling in India.
We discuss how demographic changes are faster than economic shifts, the Ego, Economy, Ethnicity Framework, the strong links between demographics and Economic Growth, the impact of Aging Populations, immigration as a solution, and India’s demographic outlook