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The RBI had cut key policy interest rates by 25 bps to 5.25%, saying that the Indian economy is in a “rare Goldilocks period” marked by high growth and low inflation. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Retail inflation inched up to 0.71% in November on rising prices of vegetables, protein-rich items, and fuel, government…
Food inflation during the month of January is mainly attributed to decline in inflation of vegetables and other items. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India’s retail inflation cooled to a five-month low of 4.31% in January from 5.22% in December 2024, with food prices rising 6%, compared with an 8.4% rise in the previous…
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Headline inflation has slowed in India mainly because of lower food prices, but the volatility of these prices remains an issue, Moody’s Ratings said. | Photo Credit: PTI Volatile and high food prices remain a concern, but base effects may help temper India’s retail inflation pace in June and possibly even cool it below 4%…
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Retail inflation eased to a three-month low, official data show. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India’s retail inflation eased to a three-month low of 5.1% in January from 5.7% a month earlier, with food price rise cooling a bit to 8.3% compared with 9.5% in December 2023. January’s headline inflation pace is slightly higher…
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Inflation in vegetables crashed from 26.1% in August to just 3.4% in September but inflation in cereals remained sticky at 11% and the pace of price rise in pulses accelerated from 13% in August to 16.4% last month. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India’s retail inflation eased from 6.83% in August to 5.02%…
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Retail inflation declined to a three-month low of 5.02 in September. New Delhi: Retail inflation declined to a three-month low of 5.02 in September, mainly due to easing food prices, according to the government data released today. The inflation has come back to the Reserve Bank’s comfort level of below 6 per cent after a…
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Vegetables on sale at Azadpur Mandi in New Delhi on July 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s retail inflation hardened in June to a three-month high of 4.81% from 4.31% in May, driven by a spike in food price inflation to 4.5% from less than 3% in the previous month, owing to rising costs…
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