Core consumer inflation eases to 4.6-4.8 percent in March - analysts

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : Apr 12 2016 | 6:43 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's annualised core consumer inflation, which excludes energy and food prices, was estimated to have eased to around 4.6-4.8 percent in March from 5-5.3 percent in February, according to a survey of four analysts on Tuesday.

Data earlier showed annual headline consumer inflation eased for a second straight month to 4.83 percent in March, from an upwardly revised 5.26 percent in February.

(Reporting by Suvashree Dey Choudhury and Neha Dasgupta; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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First Published: Apr 12 2016 | 6:33 PM IST

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