India’s headline retail inflation rate jumped to 5.55 per cent in November, owing to a combination of an unfavourable base impact and price increases for major food products, according to data provided by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate in October was 4.87 per cent. […]
Financial market participants in India will closely monitor the outcome and the policy stance of the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to be announced at 10 am Friday (today), for fresh cues. As things stand, the monetary policy committee is most likely to maintain status quo. The three-day bi-monthly monetary policy committee […]
India’s consumer price index (CPI) – retail inflation may increase from the RBI’s tolerance limit of 6 per cent in November from 4.87 per cent in October, according to Barclays’ estimates. “We estimate that CPI inflation rose in November to 6.15 per cent year-on-year (YoY), a sharp reversal from the moderating trajectory over the past […]
Retail inflation in India continued to ease through October, supported by a relative decline in some of the sub-indexes. The October consumer price index (CPI) came at a four-month low of 4.87 per cent against 5.02 per cent the previous month, official data showed. The retail inflation in India though is in RBI’s 2-6 per […]
India’s retail inflation eased to 5.02 per cent from 6.83 per cent in September which is a three-month low banking on sliding vegetable prices but remained above 4 per cent, a target aimed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is likely that RBI would like to get comfortable with inflation before easing rates. […]
In September, a decline in tomato prices contributed to a significant reduction in the cost of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis, offering relief to consumers grappling with soaring prices. The cost of a vegetarian thali decreased by 17 per cent month-on-month (MoM) in September. The primary driver of this reduction was the substantial drop in […]
Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said that the retail inflation in India is expected to ease by December, attributing it to more favorable seasonal factors, the news agency Reuters reported. Despite staying above the upper limit of the central bank’s 2-6 per cent tolerance band for the second consecutive month in August, retail inflation has […]
Retail inflation for industrial workers saw a decrease to 6.91 per cent in August from 7.54 per cent in July this year, primarily driven by lower prices of certain food items. According to a statement from the Labour Bureau, “Year-on-year inflation for August was at 6.91 per cent, compared to 7.54 per cent the previous […]
Morgan Stanley expects retail inflation to moderate to Reserve Bank of India’s 6 per cent upper tolerance target only from November. Retail inflation in India rose sharply in July to 7.44 per cent and in the process breached RBI’s 6 per cent upper tolerance target, largely due to a sharp spurt in vegetable, fruit, and […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) points to potential fluctuations in retail inflation in India, ranging from 5.6 to 6.6 per cent for July. This variation is primarily attributed to a surge in expenses within the food sector. The unveiling of this statistic by the government is scheduled for Monday. Over the past two months, food […]
