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S&P lowers India's growth forecast for FY26 by 20 basis points to 6.5%

The update assumes the upcoming monsoon season will be normal and that commodity - especially crude - prices will be soft

India shifting towards LNG term contracts despite falling spot prices: S&P

Asian importers have historically used oil slopes, calculated as a percentage of crude oil prices, as a proxy to price LNG contracts from a time when the LNG market was nascent

M&M ranks in top 1% of S&P Global's corporate sustainability assessment

Mahindra & Mahindra is the only global carmaker in the top 1% of S&P Global's 2025 Sustainability Yearbook, achieving a perfect 100 percentile in business ethics, risk management, and transparency

IIFL Finance accepts $100 million in reissue of 8.75% 2028 dollar bonds

The company initially sold the notes, which had a maturity of three years and six months, in January, raising $325 million

US reciprocal tariffs to have limited impact on Indian economy: S&P

S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday said the impact of the US reciprocal tariff will be limited on India as the economy is domestically oriented with less reliance on exports. YeeFarn Phua, Director, Sovereigns and International Public Finance Ratings, Asia-Pacific S&P Global also said India will clock a 6.7-6.8 per cent GDP growth over the next two years. He said the fiscal 2025-26 budget will boost growth for the next few years, largely by domestic demand through tax cuts for households and GDP growth is now normalising to a more "sustainable level". "The government remains very much focused on investment-led growth and also on agriculture sector reforms. However, we do think that economic expansion in India is startling to normalise towards a more sustainable level after real growth had averaged 8.3 per cent over the last three years post-pandemic. "Right now, we anticipate that consumer spending and public investments will maintain real GDP growth at around 6.7 to 6.8 per ...

Domestic demand to boost growth post income tax cuts in Budget 2025: S&P

S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday said the Budget for 2025-26 will boost India's growth over the next few years via domestic demand through income tax cuts and the country will achieve the targeted 4.4 per cent fiscal deficit despite hiking I-T rebate. S&P said India's union Budget is in line with its expectation of gradual fiscal consolidation and that undergirds the positive outlook on India's sovereign ratings BBB-'. The deficit targets are also consistent with S&P's projections. "We believe India will hit its deficit targets despite revenue loss from lifting the threshold for minimum taxable income and slower economic growth. Support will stem from continued large dividends from the central bank and potential capital underspending," S&P said in a statement. The fiscal 2026 budget will boost growth over the next few years via domestic demand through tax cuts for households, it added. "We anticipate consumer spending and public investments will maintain real GDP growth ..

S-P Global upgrades Vedanta's rating from B- to B with stable outlook

Vedanta Resources Limited (VRL), the parent firm of Mumbai-based mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd, has received a rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings. The agency upgraded VRL's corporate family rating from 'B-' to 'B'. With this, VRL's rating by S&P has gone up by five notches from 'CC' in December last year. "We raised our issuer credit rating on Vedanta Resources Ltd. to 'B' from 'B-' and raised our issue ratings on the company's guaranteed bonds to 'B-' from 'CCC+'," the rating agency said. S&P said in its report that the upgrade comes after VRL obtained the minimum acceptances needed to close its consent solicitation exercise for 2028 bonds. "The stable outlook reflects our expectation that refinancing risks will be more manageable after the transaction given a newfound funding flexibility and improved capital market access," the agency said in its report. "The stable outlook also reflects the company's sound underlying operations, which should support internal cash .

Asia-Pacific credit volatility expected in 2025 amid slow growth: S&P

Forecasts on credit conditions become unstable as trade and foreign policy under Trump 2.0 administration remain unclear

India's battery electric vehicle market to grow threefold next year: S&P

Battery electric vehicle production is projected to hit 377K units in 2025, says S&P Global Mobility

A $500 billion haul reignites passive controversy on Wall Street

Contrary to popular claims that price-agnostic money is fuelling market distortions by blithely lavishing capital just to largest companies, a Goldman Sachs Group study showed the role of fundamentals

Trump's tariffs could cost carmakers up to 17% of core profits, says S&P

Analysts and experts fear the tariffs could be more damaging for European car makers like Volkswagen and Stellantis and their suppliers than any direct tariffs on EU goods

S&P Global cuts India's FY26 GDP growth forecast to 6.7% from 6.9%

Raises inflation projection for FY25 to 4.6%

S&P Global cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 6.7% for FY26, 6.8% for FY27

S&P Global Ratings on Monday revised down its estimate for India's economic growth in the next two financial years as high interest rate and lower fiscal impulse temper urban demand. In an update to its economic forecast for Asia-Pacific economies after US election results, the rating agency projected a 6.7 per cent GDP growth rate in 2025-26 financial year (April 2025 to March 2026) and 6.8 per cent in the following fiscal year, down from 6.9 per cent and 7 per cent, respectively in previous projections. For FY25, S&P Global pegged GDP growth rate at 6.8 per cent. "In India we see GDP growth easing to 6.8 per cent this fiscal year as high interest rates and a lower fiscal impulse temper urban demand. While purchasing manager indices (PMIs) remain convincingly in the expansion zone, other high-frequency indicators indicate some transitory softening of growth momentum due to the hit to the construction sector in the September quarter," it said. The agency expects India's GDP to

S&P Global revises its outlook on three Adani entities to 'negative'

S&P Global Ratings in a statement said US indictment of three board representatives of Adani Group entity could affect investor confidence in other group entities

A gradual climb for LVs sales in India, projected to grow 3.7% in 2025

According to S&P Global Mobility, growth for 2024 is projected to be even lower at 2.9%

Trump's plan of 10% import tariff likely a point for negotiation: S&P

Tariffs are unlikely to be imposed at those levels, but were Trump to follow though, the universal 10 per cent tariff could add as much as 1.8 percentage points to US inflation

S&P Global raises annual profit forecast on demand for analytics products

S&P Global now expects its 2024 adjusted earnings per share between $15.10 and $15.30, compared with the prior view of $14.35 to $14.60

Airline companies' stocks recover from failed summer surge to hit 2022 high

The S&P Supercomposite Airlines Index is hovering around highs unseen since May 2022, poised to close Friday with its largest weekly gain since January of last year

India poised to be 3rd largest economy, rising population a challenge: S&P

India is poised to be the third largest global economy by 2030 but rising population presents mounting challenges in basic service coverage and growing investment needs to maintain productivity, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday. It said emerging economies have high ambitions for the next decade and beyond with India aiming to become a USD 30 trillion economy by 2047, from the current USD 3.6 trillion. India is currently the fifth largest economy. "India is poised to be the fastest-growing major economy over the next three years and the third largest globally by 2030. Its 2024 entry into JP Morgan's Government Emerging Market Bond Index could provide additional government funding and unlock significant resources in domestic capital markets. This is only a first step --investors will continue looking for improved market access and settlement procedures," S&P said. In its report titled 'Look forward Emerging Markets: A decisive decade', S&P said emerging markets will play .

Boeing at risk of junk rating with S&P amid ongoing strike by workers

The credit grader estimated that Boeing will burn through about $10 billion of cash in 2024.