Indian shares may follow global peers lower on Friday, even as a weakening dollar, plunging oil prices and expectations for accelerated Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts may help cap overall losses to some extent. Additionally, investors expect RBI's MPC to reduce the repo rate by 25 bps next week, based on the expectation of a moderation in the CPI inflation to 4.2 percent on average in FY26.Ben...
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Market Analysis
May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.