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Rural inflation running higher than urban: HSBC

Not with standing the fact that overall inflation has fallen strikingly in the past few months, its benefits have not been distributed with price rise running higher in rural areas because of structural bottlenecks

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Press Trust Of India
Not with standing the fact that overall inflation has fallen strikingly in the past few months, its benefits have not been distributed with price rise running higher in rural areas because of structural bottlenecks, says a report.

According to global financial services firm HSBC, rural inflation has not fallen as much as urban inflation and the 'excess inflation' that rural India is facing is apparent across major sub-categories like fuel, core and food.
 

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First Published: Oct 22 2015 | 11:30 PM IST

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