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India's 10-year yield hits 7.46% as reserves fall $64.7bn from peak

India's 10-year yield hits 7.46% as reserves fall $64.7bn from peak

India's foreign exchange reserves have fallen for six straight weeks, and the bill for defending the rupee is now showing up in the bond market. The government, states and companies all face higher borrowing costs going into the second half of the financial year.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

Bank of Korea holds at 3.00% and keeps more hikes on the table

Bank of Korea holds at 3.00% and keeps more hikes on the table

Korea's central bank paused after two increases since July, but said it will decide "the timing and pace of further increases". With India and Indonesia also leaning tighter, Asia's cheap-money window is closing as oil bites.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

India's core sector grows 7.9% in September despite the oil shock

India's core sector grows 7.9% in September despite the oil shock

India's nine core industries grew 7.9% in September 2026, up from 5.9% in August, as power, coal, iron ore and cement ran hot. The data says heavy industry is still building, even with wholesale inflation above 11% and the RBI tightening.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

China's 4.5% growth runs on exports, and Asia's boards will feel it

China's 4.5% growth runs on exports, and Asia's boards will feel it

China's economy picked up speed in the third quarter, but almost all of the lift came from goods leaving the country. At home, investment is shrinking and shoppers are barely spending, which means more Chinese output is heading for markets in India, the Gulf and the rest of Asia.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

India's $476bn half-year: electronics and the US outrun the Gulf shock

India's $476bn half-year: electronics and the US outrun the Gulf shock

India's total exports grew 10.99% in September, despite a renewed conflict in West Asia that pushed up crude prices. Electronics and the American market did the heavy lifting, while a services surplus of $102.71bn covered more than half of a widening goods deficit.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

Jio's IPO, China's GDP: the leaders' week ahead, 19 to 25 October

Jio's IPO, China's GDP: the leaders' week ahead, 19 to 25 October

Jio Platforms opens its public offer on Wednesday, a day after Indian markets shut for Dussehra. Around it sit China's third-quarter growth figures, a Bank Indonesia decision with the rupiah under pressure, and results from Tesla and Infosys. Here is the week, day by day, and why each date matters to boards in India, the Gulf and Asia.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

India's 11.39% wholesale inflation: the margin squeeze is here

India's 11.39% wholesale inflation: the margin squeeze is here

Factory-gate prices in India are rising more than twice as fast as shop prices. With fuel and power up 25.85% a year and the RBI now tightening, the cost of a crude oil shock has landed on corporate margins.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

The AI trade economy: chips and servers now carry almost half of world trade growth

The AI trade economy: chips and servers now carry almost half of world trade growth

The World Trade Organization has doubled its 2026 goods-trade forecast, and the reason is artificial intelligence. Semiconductors, servers and other AI-enabling goods made up 47% of merchandise trade growth in the first half of the year.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

The AI adoption gap: what the World Bank's new numbers say about emerging markets

The AI adoption gap: what the World Bank's new numbers say about emerging markets

Emerging Asia makes much of the world's AI hardware. Its firms and workers use far less of the technology than their counterparts in advanced economies, and new World Bank data show how wide that gap is.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

The $6 trillion question: is AI spending outrunning AI revenue?

The $6 trillion question: is AI spending outrunning AI revenue?

Bain & Company says AI must generate about $6 trillion a year by 2031 to pay for the computing it needs. Set against this year's capital spending and the revenue of the leading labs, the figure shows how much of the AI investment case still rests on markets that do not yet exist.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

AI-native vs AI-retrofit: the growth gap incumbents should study

AI-native vs AI-retrofit: the growth gap incumbents should study

Companies built around AI are growing roughly three times faster than software firms adding AI to existing products, according to data in the State of AI Report 2026. The finding is striking. It is also easy to misread.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

Factories expanding, households retreating: the US confidence split

Factories expanding, households retreating: the US confidence split

American manufacturers reported a ninth straight month of expansion in September. In the same month, consumer confidence fell sharply. Leaders planning for 2027 need to decide which signal to trust.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

Boards are deploying AI faster than they can secure it

Boards are deploying AI faster than they can secure it

Two surveys published in early October point to the same governance gap. AI agents are already in production across most large organisations, while the controls built to manage them lag far behind.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

Mukesh Ambani vs Elon Musk: The Starlink Challenge That Could Redefine India's Digital Sovereignty

Mukesh Ambani vs Elon Musk: The Starlink Challenge That Could Redefine India's Digital Sovereignty

From telecom dominance to satellite sovereignty: why Reliance Jio's next great leadership challenge is not simply to compete with Starlink, but to help India build a world-class indigenous space communications ecosystem.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

The Consumer Gave You the Crown. A Creator Can Take It Away.

The Consumer Gave You the Crown. A Creator Can Take It Away.

Market leadership is not ownership. It is a continuing sequence of consumer choices — and the distance that once separated creators from consumers has collapsed. Why the most dangerous sentence in business is “we know our market”.

By Abhimanyu Ghosh

Can We Still Trust What We See?

Can We Still Trust What We See?

For most of our lives, photographs and videos carried a basic assumption: something happened. AI is weakening that assumption. The greatest danger may not be that we believe everything that is fake — but that we begin doubting everything that is real.

By Abhimanyu Ghosh

When Bad News Stops Reaching the Top

When Bad News Stops Reaching the Top

As companies grow, information must pass through more layers of hierarchy. Somewhere along that journey, uncomfortable facts can become softer, safer — and less useful to the people making the biggest decisions.

By Abhimanyu Ghosh

Why Corporate Reputation Is Moving From Communications to the Boardroom

Why Corporate Reputation Is Moving From Communications to the Boardroom

Trust is increasingly influencing customer choice, talent, leadership credibility, risk, growth and investor confidence. Corporate reputation is no longer something organisations can manage primarily through communications. It is becoming an enterprise-level asset shaped by how the business actually behaves.

By Abhimanyu Ghosh

India's Startup Base Crosses 2.47 Lakh. The Next Challenge Is Building Companies That Endure

India's Startup Base Crosses 2.47 Lakh. The Next Challenge Is Building Companies That Endure

India has built startup scale. Its next test is whether entrepreneurial activity can consistently produce durable businesses, major employers and institutions capable of surviving beyond founders and funding cycles.

By Abhimanyu Ghosh

The Silence of a Leader: How Shubman Gill Wrote a New Anthem of Command at Edgbaston

The Silence of a Leader: How Shubman Gill Wrote a New Anthem of Command at Edgbaston

With a bat as his voice and calm as his compass, Gill reimagined leadership—transforming a haunted stage into a theatre of belief and resilience. THE GILL IMPERATIVE: How a 25-Year-Old Captain Forged a New Template for Leadership at EdgbastonBy Abhimanyu Ghosh, CEO & Group E

By Abhimanyu Ghosh

Banking on Trust, Built for Tomorrow: The IndusInd Transformation Story

Banking on Trust, Built for Tomorrow: The IndusInd Transformation Story

IndusInd Bank: India's Most Powerful Brands Rank 50: Powered by Digital, Trusted by Millions — The IndusInd Promise

By WCRC Leaders

Hero MotoCorp: From Commuter Icon to Global Mobility Leader

Hero MotoCorp: From Commuter Icon to Global Mobility Leader

Hero Motocorp: India's Most Powerful Brands Rank 49: Where Innovation Meets Affordability: The Hero Blueprint for Bharat and Beyond The Steel Steed of a Billion Dreams: Why Hero MotoCorp’s Rank Embodies India’s Journey In the roaring panthe

By Abhimanyu Ghosh

Apollo Hospitals: The Heartbeat of Indian Healthcare Innovation

Apollo Hospitals: The Heartbeat of Indian Healthcare Innovation

Apollo Hospitals: India's Most Powerful Brands Rank 48: More Than a Hospital Network — A National Movement in Modern Medicine

By WCRC Leaders

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories: Bridging Molecules and Morals in the Service of Humanity

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories: Bridging Molecules and Morals in the Service of Humanity

Dr. Reddy's: India's Most Powerful Brands Rank 47: Healing with Integrity: Dr. Reddy’s and the Quiet Power of Ethical Innovation

By WCRC Leaders

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