India’s WPI Inflation Rises To 0.83% In December
The surge is due to increase in prices of other manufacturing, minerals, manufacture of machinery and equipment, manufacture of food products and textiles
The surge is due to increase in prices of other manufacturing, minerals, manufacture of machinery and equipment, manufacture of food products and textiles
The report states that the uptick will be led by a hardening in the year-on-year (YoY) prints for global crude oil and commodity prices
After staying in deflation for the last two months, food inflation switched back to the positive zone and printed a three-month high of 0.21 per cent
The decline is primarily attributed to a dip in prices of food articles, mineral oils, manufacture of basic metal
Fuel and Power group’s index declined by 0.95 per cent to 146.7 in May 2025 from 148.1 in April 2025
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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 […]
Wholesale inflation in India based on the Wholesale Price Index continued to stay in the negative zone for the sixth straight month through September, official data showed on Monday. In April this year, it went into negative territory. Similarly, in the initial days of Covid, in July 2020, the WPI was reported to be negative. […]
Bucking the trend, retail inflation in India rose considerably in June to 4.81 per cent, largely due to a sharp spurt in vegetable prices. The inflation index for rural and urban was 4.72 per cent and 4.96 per cent, respectively. Back in May, the retail inflation was at 4.25 per cent, hitting a two-year low. It […]