After the moderate rise in February, the Wholesale price index (WPI) inflation fell to 5.96 per cent in March 2013. This is the lowest recorded figure in 40 months. After declining for four months straight, the WPI inflation had risen from 6.62 per cent in Jan...
The consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation reached a peak of 10.91 per cent in February, against 8.83 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous year and 10.79 per cent in January fuelled primarily by higher prices of food commodities such as veg...
Rising for the fourth consecutive month, retail inflation remained in double digits at 10.79 per cent in January, driven by higher prices of vegetables, edible oil, cereals and protein-based items. The retail inflation had stood at 10.56 per cent in December, ...
Indranil Sengupta, Chief Economist, BofA-Merrill Lynch, speaks about his expectations of the July inflation, which is at 7.1 percent. He says the drought will push up the food prices, which are expected to drive primary article index in July. He also expects t...
The inflation rate for the month of May accelerates to 7.55% mainly due the price hike in manufactured goods and fuel. The monthly provisional Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose from 7.23% in April to 7.55% in May.