Consumer Price Inflation

October 2025 WPI-based inflation: The negative rate of inflation is primarily due to a decrease in prices of food articles, crude petroleum & natural gas, electricity, and mineral oils

According to the market researcher, rising commodity prices have led to a growing valley between volume and value growth

The Bureau of Labour Statistics stated that the cuts would have 'minimal impact' on estimates of the overall inflation rate, though they could "increase the volatility" of more detailed measures

As the new rules, traders have been given 15 days to liquidate their excess wheat stocks and bring down the levels within the permissible limits

The MPC decided to cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points earlier this month, after reducing the rate by a similar magnitude in the February meeting

Factory deflation extended into a 29th month, though the producer price index recorded a slower drop of 2.2 per cent compared to January's negative 2.3 per cent

A combination of job insecurity, a prolonged housing downturn, debt and tariff threats from the incoming administration of US President-elect Donald Trump has hit demand

Even under ambitious climate policies, lower-income countries would see consumer food prices rise 2.45 times by 2050 while producer prices would rise 3.3 times, a study has found. While the rise in consumer prices is less pronounced for farmers in lower-income countries, it would still make it harder for people in these countries to afford sufficient and healthy food, said researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany. "In high-income countries like the US or Germany, farmers receive less than a quarter of food spending, compared to over 70 per cent in Sub-Saharan Africa, where farming costs make up a larger portion of food prices," said David Meng-Chuen Chen, a PIK scientist and lead author of the study published in Nature Food. "This gap underscores how differently food systems function across regions," he said. The researchers projected that as economies develop and food systems industrialise, farmers will increasingly receive a smaller share

Annual retail inflation as measured by the CPI likely rose a second straight month to 5.81% in October, the highest since August 2023, says Reuters poll

Officials are depressingly hesitant to touch anything to do with food production and prices, since these are particularly sensitive politically

Food inflation remained declined to 5.42 per cent in July from 9.36 per cent in June

On the surface, India's economy seems to be cruising along, but it is on the commonplace road to prosperity failure

Beijing has sought to revive consumption after a stuttering post-Covid recovery, but concerns are lingering over more fundamental issues including a protracted housing downturn

Trump brushed aside claims his policies would raise US inflation, and cause pain for American consumers

The cost of living rose faster in 13 states in the last month compared to the national print of 4.83 per cent. Odisha registered the highest rate of inflation among the states at 7.11 per cent

While headline inflation has moderated in recent months, food prices, which account for nearly half the consumer price index (CPI) basket, have remained elevated, squeezing household budgets

Policymakers' preferred inflation gauge - the personal consumption expenditures price index - probably stayed elevated in March, according to data due in the coming week

Among Brics countries, Brazil, China, and India have shown a decline compared to the previous month and Russia has seen an uptick

Persistent declines in factory-gate prices and export prices, meanwhile, have added to tensions with China's biggest trading partners

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said last week that food price volatility remains a concern