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India's inflation, growth and the rupee, with US goods trade with India, cargo through Indian ports and the IMF's projections, each sourced and dated.

Figures checked . Each one names its source and the period it covers.

The latest figures

InflationAugust 2026

5.0%

on a year earlier

OECD · 41 days since the period ended

One source: no second publisher of this figure is available

Economic growthQ2 2026

8.1

real GDP, % on a year earlier

OECD · 103 days since the period ended

One source: no second publisher of this figure is available

Unemployment2025

4.2%

of the labour force, ILO modelled estimate

World Bank, World Development Indicators

The World Bank's figure is the ILO's modelled estimate, not a national survey.

Not compared with the IMF, World Economic Outlook: The IMF reports India on fiscal years starting in April.

Rupees per US dollar9 October 2026

96.73

INR per USD

Federal Reserve via FRED · latest from European Central Bank

Matches European Central Bank for 5 October 2026

Goods trade with the United States

US imports from India12 months

$98.5bn

-4.1% on the previous 12 months

US exports to India12 months

$50.7bn

+19.1% on the previous 12 months

US goods balance12 months

−$47.8bn

The US buys more from India than it sells there

September 2025 to August 2026, US$, not seasonally adjusted. Source: US Census Bureau via FRED (IMP5330, EXP5330). These are the US's own customs records, so they measure trade from the American side.

Cargo through its ports

Imports by sea30 days

+16.6%

on the same 30 days a year earlier

Exports by sea30 days

+50.6%

on the same 30 days a year earlier

Port calls30 days

+53.2%

on the same 30 days a year earlier

30 days to 2 October 2026. AIS-based estimates of cargo through the economy's ports; percentage changes only, per PortWatch's terms. Source: IMF PortWatch, https://portwatch.imf.org.

The IMF's figures and projections

IMF World Economic Outlook202520262027
Real GDP growth, %7.66.5 IMF projection6.5 IMF projection
Inflation, annual average %2.14.7 IMF projection4 IMF projection

Source: IMF DataMapper, World Economic Outlook, as published when these figures were checked. A year is marked as the IMF's projection until the World Bank publishes an actual figure for it. TradeTurbulence makes no forecasts of its own here. The IMF reports India on fiscal years starting in April.

How these figures are checked

Every figure is fetched from the publisher named under it, once a day. Where a second publisher reports the same figure for the same period, the two are compared: "Matches" means they agree within rounding; "Sources differ" shows both values and we do not choose between them. Annual figures carry their year, because they are a year or more behind.