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The Fed restarted the rate clock. What breaks—and what holds—for India?
A complete 31-decision NIFTY 50 event study, the Fed's new inflation and rate path, India's first-session reaction, the RBI's October decision tree, and the short- and long-term investor playbook.
CENTRAL FINDING
India does not have to copy the Fed. Its room to wait has narrowed.
The Federal Reserve's 25-basis-point increase is more consequential than its size suggests. It is the first hike since July 2023, it was unanimous, and it came with a materially higher projected rate path. The target range is now 3.75%–4.00%; the median policymaker expects 4.1% at year-end, and 16 of 18 participants see at least one more 2026 increase. For India, the transmission is already visible in a rupee that crossed 96 before intervention, rising government-bond yields and swap pricing that implies roughly 90 basis points of RBI tightening over the next year. The central finding is not that India must copy the Fed. It is that the RBI's room to wait has narrowed while the cost of protecting growth, inflation and the currency at the same time has risen.
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