Sept retail inflation quickens to 4.41%

The annual consumer price inflation quickened to 4.41 percent in September, compared with 5.63 percent a year ago, government data showed on Monday.

Economists had forecast consumer inflation to rise 4.3 percent last month. Retail food inflation for September came in at 3.88 percent, higher than a provisional 2.20 percent in August.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) estimates retail inflation to be at 5.8 percent in January 2016.