Page 6 - India Inflation

The coalition reset

The new govt must adopt a consultative approach

New govt needs to fight inflation while bringing back focus on farm reforms

A favourable monsoon in 2024 should keep production worries at bay

Of cricket and monetary policy

The June policy will be one of status quo in every way. There will be no change in rate or stance

Will stock market crash if BJP gets less than 270 seats in Lok Sabha polls?

In the worst case scenario where the NDA is unable to secure a majority (seats less than 272), analysts at Bernstein expect 'heavy profit booking' in the markets with low or negligible returns

Spike in food & fuel prices push WPI inflation to 13-month high in April

Data released by govt on Tuesday showed that uptick in factory gate inflation during April was driven primarily by the spike in the prices of food articles and fuel, among other things

India's WPI-based inflation reaches 13-month high of 1.26% in April

April 2024 WPI: Prices of crude petroleum & natural gas and food articles witnessed a surge in April 2024 compared to March 2024, while prices of non-food articles and minerals saw a decline

Retail inflation eases to 4.83% in April on softening fuel prices

Core inflation has also trended downwards at 3.2 per cent, which is the lowest in the 2012 base CPI series

Inflation data, Q4 earnings, trends to drive markets this week: Analysts

Stock markets will be driven by domestic inflation data, ongoing quarterly earnings from corporates and global trends this week, analysts said. News flows around the general election would also be tracked by investors, market experts said. Besides, investors would also take cues from the trading activity of foreign investors, the movement of global oil benchmark Brent crude and the rupee-dollar trend. "Investors will be bombarded with economic data on both domestic and global fronts. Domestically, watch for Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI). Globally, focus will be on the US Producer Price Index (PPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures. "Additionally, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech will be a key event to watch. China's industrial production data and Japan's GDP figures round out the important releases for the week," said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd. Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services, sa

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Consumer price inflation likely eased to 5-month low of 4.91% in March

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said last week that food price volatility remains a concern

Would like inflation elephant to return to forest, stay there: RBI Guv Das

RBI monetary policy: In no hurry to cut repo rate, MPC keeps status quo; retains FY25 growth, inflation forecasts

Monetary policy: 'Real rates do matter, inflation must align with target'

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das and Deputy Governor Michael Patra responded to a host of queries in the post-policy interaction with the media. Edited excerpts:

RBI wants inflation elephant in the forest. Can pricier oil bring it back?

After witnessing sustained moderation, cost push pressures faced by firms, the RBI said, are showing upward bias

Will RBI change focus to growth after PM Narendra Modi's speech?

While the central bank has not hiked the repo rate for more than a year now, but it has refused to drop the guard on inflation even if core inflation has moderated

Improved summer sowing likely to ease inflation: Finance Ministry

Says CAD needs to be watched in FY25

Inflation still high and focus on minimising risk, says RBI report

Indicates 'significant per capita income shifts' underway

Debt fund managers go bullish on G-Sec after global index inclusion

Cite better balance between demand and supply as well as inflation relief

Let's get real about rates

Given myriad cross currents across inflation, growth and financial stability, monetary policy in 2024 will have to cross the river by feeling the stones

Wholesale inflation eases to a four-month low of 0.2% in February

The prices of manufactured products, which have a weighting of 64.2 per cent in the index, remained in deflation (minus 1.27 per cent) for the twelfth consecutive month in February

Costlier food keeps retail inflation elevated in Feb; Jan IIP growth eases

Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, Bank of Baroda, said inflation in February was purely a food-driven phenomenon, which would continue to pressure prices in the coming months