Research

Research desks

Each desk brings several published topics together to examine one economic question: how the series move together, which moves first, and which readings warrant attention. Every figure is cited to an approved snapshot.

Research vs Topics Topics present the data. Research desks test the relationships.

A topic covers one dataset with its charts and sources. A research desk combines several topics, for example monetary policy, credit and the rupee, and adds a correlation matrix, lead–lag checks and screens with stated thresholds.

9 desks read 18 published topics. Each card lists the topics behind it.

Monetary policy • Yearly

India's monetary policy stance and reserves

The RBI policy rate and liquidity alongside credit, inflation, the rupee and the reserves the RBI bought or sold, compared fiscal year by fiscal year with the sample size shown, and this week's conditions from RBI's weekly statistics.

FY26 credit 16.1% · OMO ₹8.8 lakh crRBI appendix, monetary operations and economic review, FY2011–12 onward; RBI Weekly Statistical Supplement for the latest week
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External sector • Monthly

India's oil bill, trade and the rupee

Brent, the petroleum import bill, the goods and services balances, foreign portfolio money, RBI's dollar sales and the rupee, month by month: how fast an oil shock reaches the import bill, what moves with what, and who covered the gap.

DGCI&S trade, EIA Brent, RBI reserves and dollar sales, NSDL flows and RBI's reference rate, each read from its own published topic snapshot.
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Mutual funds • Monthly

India’s markets and mutual funds

Compare market and sector returns, mutual fund flows, foreign buying and fund results across five topics, alongside inflation, the rupee, rates and money growth.

SIP ₹32,297 cr in Aug 2026 · small-cap P/E 78% above the Nifty 50AMFI, NSE Indices, NSDL and SEBI evidence in one monthly research snapshot
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Banking • Quarterly

India's bank health

India's ten largest banks set beside the whole banking system, the repo rate, inflation, the stock market and the money flowing into it: their share of all lending, which measures move with them, how closely, and over how many matched periods.

Bank results and BSE prices, RBI's weekly statistics, NSE Indices, NSDL, SEBI and AMFI, each read from its own published topic snapshot.
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Household spending • Yearly
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India consumer payments and prices

UPI payments set against household spending, GST and consumer prices, to separate three explanations for rising payments: more payments, larger payments or higher prices.

NPCI UPI, national-accounts consumption and GST, and MoSPI/RBI fiscal-year CPI. Quick commerce awaits a comparable approved serving snapshot.
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Standard methods on every desk

Correlation matrix

Every pair of series on the desk, with the number of matched periods behind each cell. For example, a reading of +0.6 across 40 matched months means the two series tended to rise and fall together; a reading near zero means no consistent pattern.

Lead–lag check

Whether one series tends to move before another. A lead is a timing pattern in past data, not proof that one caused the other.

Screens with stated thresholds

Each screen names its watch line and its basis, so a flagged reading can be checked against the published rows and the source.

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