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12.01 / 01:35

markets COST economy Trade classical information Mint Quick Edit | What can Iran’s street unrest be traced to: US sanctions or its ‘oil curse’?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As urban spaces rage with protests, Iran seems in turmoil again. Is America’s long squeeze of Iran’s economy at work? Or a classic “oil curse"? The stir was set off by an inflation flare-up caused by a crash in the Iranian rial.

12.01 / 01:35

Target Strategy economy Align Sustainability track country Debt-to-GDP ratio target: What are the challenges ahead for India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A momentous shift in fiscal strategy will take place in the upcoming fiscal year. From 2026-27, the government will track government debt instead of fiscal deficit as its primary fiscal target.

12.01 / 01:25

COST economy Sustainability President show country politician Pessimism is the world’s main economic problem

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. POSITIVE THINKING can help people who are feeling down. Politicians, too, have long understood that gloomy expectations can become self-fulfilling.

11.01 / 13:45

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump is taking aim at solving the housing affordability crisis, a problem so entrenched in the economy that it has put home buying in a deep freeze for three years. Trump’s new housing proposals, unveiled this past week on his social-media account, are concentrated on helping home buyers and lowering mortgage rates.

11.01 / 10:01

Target Action Strategy economy Enterprise social International Mega shift: Prepare for a global economic transformation driven by local allocation of resources

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. We are at the dawn of a new age: the climate transition is upon us, the era of hyper-globalization is receding, middle classes worldwide are under strain and poverty reduction in developing countries faces new headwinds.

11.01 / 06:05

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OPEC members struggling to preserve their market share amid a sinking price for oil now have an unexpected new variable to contend with: President Trump’s move to dominate Venezuela’s oil supply and push the market in a direction that would benefit American consumers.

11.01 / 01:41

markets UPS economy country 2020 reports International An oil super glut is coming—and India may benefit from it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US's action in Venezuela could have a major impact on the global oil market. Venezuela holds some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves, but years of international sanctions have sharply constrained output.

10.01 / 14:09

markets Progressive security economy wellness conductor Copper is the prize in mining megadeals

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Booming demand for copper is driving a spate of mining megadeals, in a rush to secure more of a metal essential to powering artificial intelligence. Rio Tinto and Glencore said late Thursday that they are in talks to create what would be the world’s largest mining company, with a market value of more than $200 billion.

10.01 / 13:19

COST security economy wellness President country International Can Trump make Venezuela an oil giant again?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “No one was paying any attention to Venezuelan oil two weeks ago," a longtime oilman said to me the other day, “but now everyone is." Donald Trump made that happen. Following the dramatic seizure of dictator Nicolás Maduro by American forces on Jan.

10.01 / 02:07

Manufacturing Entertainment economy Election Trade Universities country The week in charts: GDP growth estimate, trade deficit concerns, services PMI

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From India’s economic activity estimated to remain strong in 2025-26, to India's oil companies expected to benefit from the US invasion of Venezuela, services activity losing momentum in December, Niti Aayog expressing worry over India’s high trade deficit with several countries despite trade deals, and rising prices of copper—here’s this week’s news in numbers.Growth dynamicsThe government pegged GDP growth at 7.4% in 2025-26 despite the ongoing uncertainty related to high US tariffs. The first advance estimate released on Wednesday put GDP growth marginally higher than the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) projection of 7.3%.

10.01 / 02:07

UPS Target Gap economy reports Department Updates Mint Explainer | Why the tax department is tightening compliance now

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: When presenting the Union budget last February, the government projected a 13% growth in direct tax collections for the current financial year, banking on the strong tax buoyancy seen in preceding years. However, between April and mid-December of this year, collections have grown approximately 8%.

10.01 / 00:35

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : With US trade ties under strain, Canada’s west-coast province of British Columbia is stepping up its push into India, with Premier David Eby set to lead a trade mission to the country from 12 to 17 January, the Canadian High Commission said on Friday.

09.01 / 10:39

UPS economy Trade President country Courts Investigations How Donald Trump can dodge a Supreme Court tariff block

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If trade deficits are a national emergency, they are an emergency of a peculiar sort. America began to run them consistently in the mid-1970s.

09.01 / 09:17

markets UPS Waves economy President country Relationships The 100-year history behind Trump’s push for Venezuela’s oil wealth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. America’s enchantment with Venezuelan oil is a century-long tale of fortunes made and lost, starting with a 1922 letter to President Warren Harding’s secretary of state and culminating with President Trump’s move to wrest control of the country’s oil wealth. U.S.

09.01 / 06:33

markets UPS Provident DOW economy show The stock-market rally isn’t just about tech anymore

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Investors are finally showing love to companies outside of the tech sector. Growing economic optimism, along with a more cautious view of the artificial-intelligence build-out, is prompting a major “rotation trade" on Wall Street, with investors selling technology stocks and buying up the shares of most every other type of business.

08.01 / 11:09

markets economy Updates Cuba is already on the brink. Maduro’s ouster brings it closer to collapse.

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08.01 / 10:41

markets COST economy wellness Trade President Updates The rupee’s decline and what it means for your investment portfolio

rupee stood at about 10 to the dollar. From then to now, the average annual depreciation works out to roughly 4.5%. At independence, when the rupee was on a par with the dollar, the long-term annual depreciation is closer to 6%.The faster pace in earlier decades is largely a matter of arithmetic.

08.01 / 10:41

markets COST Citi Citizens economy Death Healthcare If India’s economy is emerging fast, shouldn’t the value we place on lives be going up too?

At first glance, this may seem like a question for economists and statisticians, a matter of compensation data, actuarial logic and policy benchmarks. It is nothing of the sort. It is a moral question that we in India must ask ourselves.As a citizen who has lived his entire life in India’s metropolitan cities, benefited from a measure of material success and travelled globally, my conclusion is neither emotional nor ideological.

08.01 / 08:01

markets security economy President Features Updates Venezuela’s crisis poses India a challenge of oil diplomacy as it tries to secure its energy interests

The unfolding crisis in Venezuela draws into sharp relief a less-recognized feature of the modern global economy: the movement of expectations often matters more than that of physical goods. Venezuela has long been a distant yet symbolically important pillar of India’s energy security framework.

07.01 / 00:31

economy Sustainability Trade President Cycling country reports For India, 2025 has set the bar higher for reforms as the growth driver

Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolled by, Mint's reporters and columnists looked around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected] Delhi: For India, 2026 is shaping up as a pivotal year.

06.01 / 11:25

markets Strategy economy wellness Trade shock Updates For a truly diversified portfolio, don’t ignore investing styles

Diversification in mutual funds is usually discussed in terms of asset classes (equity, debt, gold, etc) or market capitalisation. What’s often ignored is diversification across investment styles – growth, value, and factor investing, to name a few.Growth investing tends to do well when the economy is expanding and confidence is high. Fund managers who employ this style back companies that reinvest aggressively to expand, and tend to grow earnings faster than their peers.

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