Aug IIP at 9-month high of 4.3%; retail inflation eases to 3.28% in Sept

Both July IIP and August CPI have been revised to 0.9% and 3.28% respectively

Annual consumer inflation in September marginally eased to 3.28 per cent from a year ago, government data showed on Thursday.

Industrial production in the country rose to a nine-month high of 4.3 per cent in August in the second month after the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was introduced on July 1.

Both July IIP and August CPI have been revised to 0.9 per cent (from 1.2 per cent) and 3.28 per cent (from 3.36 per cent), respectively.

After registering a 48-month low in June, industrial output in the country had managed to rise by 0.9 per