Analysis

Longer pieces that go beyond a single indicator. Each is computed from the official data on this site, says how it was built, and is recomputed when new data are released.

Balance-of-payments stress: then and now

The current episode of rupee pressure against 2013, 2018 and 2022, item by item: current account, FDI and investment abroad, portfolio flows, derivatives, banks and reserves. With a tool to add up any run of quarters. Based on Agarwal, Kulkarni and Udupa (CAFRAL, 2026).

Quarterly; data to Q1 FY27

Where RBI's dollar sales show up in the BoP

How a dollar sold by RBI moves through banks to importers and departing investors, what 25 years of data show, and an interactive model of how much rupee stability a dollar of intervention buys. Based on Agarwal, Kulkarni and Udupa (CAFRAL, 2026).

Quarterly; data to Q1 FY27

The rupee: what's moving it

Each move of the rupee split into its usual drivers: Asian currencies, oil, Indian shares, the dollar, US yields and risk appetite.

Daily

Underlying inflation from the 358 CPI items

RBI's trimmed means, weighted median and diffusion indices, rebuilt from MoSPI's item-level CPI.

Monthly

How each measure is built: Methods and original measures.