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			Inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to 5.77 per cent in June on increasing prices of vegetables and fuel items.</div>
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			The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation stood at 4.43 per cent in May and 0.90 per cent in June last year.</div>
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			According to the government data released today, inflation in food articles stood at 1.80 per cent in June 2018, as against 1.60 per cent in the preceding month.</div>
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			Inflation in vegetables jumped to 8.12 per cent in June, from 2.51 per cent in the previous month.</div>
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			Inflation in &#39;fuel and power&#39; basket too rose sharply to 16.18 per cent in June from 11.22 per cent in May as prices of domestic fuel increased during the month in line with rising global crude oil rates.</div>
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			Potato inflation was at a peak of 99.02 per cent, against 81.93 per cent in May. Price rise in onion was 18.25 per cent during June, as against 13.20 per cent in the preceding month.<br />
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			Deflation continued in pulses at 20.23 per cent in June.</div>
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			The WPI inflation for April was revised upwards to 3.62 per cent from the provisional estimate of 3.18 per cent.</div>
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			Data released last week showed retail inflation scaled a 5-month high of 5 per cent in June on costlier fuel. RBI mainly takes into account retail inflation data while formulating monetary policy.</div>
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			Rising inflation affirms RBI&#39;s forecast. The apex bank has revised upwards its retail inflation projection for October-March to 4.7 per cent from 4.4 per cent earlier.</div>
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			In its second monetary policy review for the fiscal, the Reserve Bank last month hiked interest rate by 0.25 per cent -- the first hike in more than four years -- due to growing concerns about inflation stoked by rising global crude oil prices as well as domestic price increases.</div>
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			The price of Indian basket of crude surged from $66 a barrel in April to around $74 currently.</div>
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			The next meeting of the RBI&#39;s interest rate fixing panel is from July 30 to August 1.</div>
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Inflation in vegetables jumped to 8.12 per cent in June, from 2.51 per cent in the previous month

WPI inflation soars to 14-mth high; rises to 4.43% in May from 3.18% in Apr

Inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to 5.77% in June on increasing prices of vegetables and fuel items. WPI based inflation stood at 4.43 per cent in May and 0.90 per cent in June last year.

WPI inflation rises to 5.77% in June on costlier vegetables, fuel

Inflation in vegetables jumped to 8.12 per cent in June, from 2.51 per cent in the previous month