Cpi Inflation

RBI Guv Malhotra signals lower rates for longer, trade deal growth boost

The RBI's MPC unanimously kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent, retaining a neutral stance while signalling that future policy decisions will be guided by data from new GDP and CPI series

Why India is resetting GDP and CPI base years and what the change means

From shopping baskets to growth calculations, India is updating the base years for CPI inflation and GDP to reflect today's economy, a recalibration that will change headline numbers without altering

New CPI series expected to push India's headline inflation prints higher

India's new CPI series, with lower food weight and higher core components, may nudge headline inflation higher but is expected to improve policy predictability and ease RBI's targeting

Weighting of food and beverages to be cut sharply in new CPI series

India will sharply reduce the food and beverages weight in the CPI basket as part of a 2024 base-year revamp, aiming to better capture evolving consumption patterns

Budget 2026: Too many known unknowns amid push to revive private capex

Amid data and fiscal uncertainties, the govt faces the difficult task of creating conditions to boost private capex

Retail inflation rises to 1.33% in December 2025 from 0.71% in Nov

December 2025 CPI-based inflation: The increase in headline inflation is mainly attributed to an increase in the prices of items across personal care, vegetables, meat and fish, egg, and pulses

India's 7.4% GDP growth looks solid but faces a narrower margin for error

In absolute terms at current prices, the economy is projected to attain the size of ₹357.14 trillion, which is marginally higher than the level assumed in the 2025-26 Budget

India inflation likely to remain low in 2026, new CPI series planned

India is preparing to rejig methodology for computing CPI and revamp monetary policy mandate for targeting retail inflation in 2026 after a year of benign price situation due to subdued food cost and GST reduction. Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation remained in the Reserve Bank's comfort zone (2-6 per cent) and is likely to stay that way in the next year also, keeping open the possibility of at least one more reduction in rates by the central bank in the coming months. Besides cooling food prices, the decision of the government to reduce GST rates on about 400 items in September helped in further improving the price situation in the country. The wholesale price index (WPI), too, showed clear signs of easing of inflationary pressures through 2025. Early months recorded positive but declining WPI inflation, reflecting softening price pressures especially in food and fuel categories. By June, WPI entered deflation and the downward trend continued with negative prints in

Retail inflation rises marginally to 0.71% in Nov on higher food prices

November CPI-based inflation: The food inflation in November stood at -3.91 per cent, marking an increase from -5.02 per cent in October

India's new GDP series in February 2026 to spur IMF rating upgrade

The IMF has 'assured' that its 'C' rating for India's national accounts data will be reassessed once the new gdp series is released in feb 2026

RBI's policy dilemma: To look at inflation or growth for rate action

A forward looking approach would prompt rate cut as H2 GDP growth likely to be softer

India's wholesale inflation dips to -1.21% in Oct against 0.13% in Sep

October 2025 WPI-based inflation: The negative rate of inflation is primarily due to a decrease in prices of food articles, crude petroleum & natural gas, electricity, and mineral oils

Retail inflation dropped to series low of 0.25% in Oct on base effects

In rural India, retail prices slipped into deflationary zone with the NSO reporting a 0.25 per cent drop in the CPI (Rural), compared to a 1.07 per cent increase in September

The uncertain comfort on prices: Inflation may stay low but risks rise

Inflation could stay low for some time, but should be viewed with caution amid global risks and climate change

Retail inflation cools to 0.25% in October on GST cuts, low food prices

October CPI-based inflation: India's food inflation dropped sharply in October, falling to -5.02 per cent from -2.28 per cent in September

US govt shutdown delays inflation data, deepens uncertainty for divided Fed

The CPI and its core measure, which excludes more volatile food and energy costs, each rose a lower-than-forecast 3 per cent in September from a year ago

Stats ministry plans fresh look at CPI housing gauge, seeks public feedback

Housing is an important component of the CPI series as it has a weightage of 21.67 per cent in urban areas and 10.07 per cent at the all-India level in the current series

Samvat 2082: Rupee, bond trajectories rest on RBI rate cut, US trade talk

With inflation easing and rate cuts on the horizon, bond yields may soften while the rupee steadies as trade negotiations with the US shape market sentiment

Scope for providing more monetary boost to growth: MPC member Ram Singh

Ram Singh signals potential for multiple rate cuts in FY26-FY27, citing low inflation and scope for accommodative monetary policy to support growth

Yields unlikely to drop sharply; favour short-to-medium bonds: Avnish Jain

25-bps rate cut by December looks likely, but RBI's neutral stance and global uncertainties mean yields may not fall sharply, says Jain