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Rates, inflation and AI emerge as key risks for global growth: Deutsche Bank Survey

IN · 2026-10-08

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Key takeaway

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  1. Step 1 · The triggerWithheld
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onthis overweight creates reflexive vulnerability — a Fed hold or hawkish surprise would simultaneously validate the risk and punish the crowded long-USD position
  3. Step 3 · Knock-onglobal term premium reprices higher as the US long end sells off, pulling up risk-free curves in correlated markets
  4. Step 4 · Knock-onIndian banks' offshore USD funding costs rise, and FPI outflow pressure weakens the rupee
  5. Step 5 · Knock-onRBI faces a trilemma trade-off — defend the rupee via rate hikes or absorb inflation pass-through, either way squeezing SME credit conditions
  6. Step 6 · Reaches youthe Indian SME's working-capital cost rises, import-input prices climb, and hedging becomes more expensive

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: IN:Economic Times

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