Overview
- The Finance Ministry’s latest Economic Outlook projects headline inflation around 5–6% for November with food and agriculture pressures posing upside risk.
- Remittance inflows rose 9.3% in July–October and 11.9% in October, easing external pressures alongside a broadly stable rupee near 280 per dollar.
- Trade performance remains uneven, with exports up 2% in July–October but down 8.6% in October.
- Investment fell 26% over July–October, though October posted a 22% rebound.
- Public debt declined by Rs 1,371 billion in July–September on early repayment of costly loans, even as spending growth outpaced revenues in recent readings.