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Vehicle fuel prices responsible for around 30% of April inflation spurt

The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee is likely to hike the repo rate in June after it had announced a 40 basis point increase in it in an off-cycle announcement earlier this month

Govt must cut import duty rates to combat inflation

Our government need not merely wait for the global commodity prices to drop but take active measures to supplement the actions of the monetary authorities

Consumer inflation at 8-year high of 7.79% may 'trigger' quicker rate hikes

Given the tone of urgency in RBI's statement to support the altered inflation-growth dynamics, "we now revise our call and expect the RBI to hike repo rate by an additional 60 bps in the rest of FY23"

Portuguese CPI records inflation rise of 1.9% points from March-April' 22

"Since the beginning of 2022, the year-on-year rate of change of the CPI has shown a significant acceleration," the INE was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying

Inflation in Sri Lanka rises 29.8% in April amid crisis: Central bank

This increase was driven by the monthly increases in both food and non-food categories, according to the central bank on Friday

Indian economy looks better than others, but don't raise a cheer just yet

The comparative numbers spell bad news for the world rather than any good news for India, whose growth forecasts are getting tempered even as the inflation picture is getting worse, writes T N Ninan

Fuel price rise could not have stoked March inflation, say experts

Price rise in fuels will only reflect in April numbers

Sensex falls 388 pts, Nifty holds 17,500; private banks shine, metals crack

CLOSING BELL: Axis Bank, Kotak Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Power Grid, SBI Life, and ICICI Bank were the top winners on the benchmark indices, rising upwards of 0.5 per cent each

Long-term bets can still pay off in commodity funds, say analysts

Moderate your return expectations after the 18-month bull run

US inflation hit fresh 40-year high of 7.9% before crude oil spike

While February was once forecast as the peak for US inflation, now readings are set to increase to above 8 per cent, according to some economists

Gold rises as investors track Russia-Ukraine talks, await US CPI

The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine met on Thursday in Turkey, the highest level contact between the two countries since the war began on February 24

CPI inflation likely peaked out; expected to moderate in February

Notably, high commodities cost especially of transport fuel prices triggered a wider inflationary trend in January 2022

Tokyo's consumer inflation seen picking up in February on high fuel costs

While many analysts forecast Japan's consumer inflation will accelerate in coming months, price rises are still seen modest compared to those in other economies such as the United States

Japan's consumer price index rises in January, but at a slower pace

'Consumer inflation will pick up from next month onward on higher food and energy prices,' said Taro Saito, executive research fellow at NLI Research Institute

China's factory inflation slows, giving central bank room to ease policy

The producer price index (PPI) increased 9.1% from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement on Wednesday, slower than the 9.5% growth tipped by a Reuters poll

China's factory inflation hits six-month low on government curbs

The world's second-biggest economy faces multiple headwinds, weighed down by persistent weakness in the property sector and strict anti-coronavirus measures

Momentum of inflation on downward slope, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

The Reserve Bank's inflation projections, Das said, are "robust" but contingent on downside and upside risks associated with the movement of global crude oil prices

Dollar posts solid gains after higher-than-expected US CPI data in Jan

CPI rose 0.6% last month from December, the Labor Department said, while in the 12 months through January, the CPI jumped 7.5%, the biggest year-on-year increase since February 1982

CPI numbers for agricultural, rural labourers up by 5 points in Dec 2021

The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for agricultural and rural labourers for the month of December 2021 increased by 5 points each to stand at 1097 and 1106 points respectively.

Tough Inflation control steps achieve intended goals, but at no small cost

While the steps have had the desired impact to some extent, experts have criticised them for burdening farmers and going against the concepts of open markets and 'atmanirbharta'