Corporate Profits Hit Record High Versus India’s Economy Even as Stocks Struggle

Vendors at a wholesale fruit and vegetables market in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s budget is likely to focus on measures to create jobs for millions of Indians joining the workforce each year, while shielding the economy from global uncertainties and tariff tensions, according to a survey of economists by Bloomberg News. Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg