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High level of taxation widens divergence in diesel inflation in WPI, CPI

Diesel retail prices are back to more than Rs 80 a litre in the national capital throughout this month and remain on an upward trajectory

WPI inflation hits double digits in April at 10.49%; crude prices harden

The wholesale price-based inflation shot up to an all-time high of 10.49% in April, on rising prices of crude oil and manufactured items

March WPI inflation at 8-yr high; economists see it in double digits in May

Hopes for policy rate reduction in near term dim even as economic uncertainty looms large amid the second Covid-19 wave

WPI inflation spikes to over 8-year high of 7.39% in March: Details here

The wholesale price-based inflation shot up to over 8-year high of 7.39 per cent in March on rising crude oil and metal prices

WPI inflation spikes to a 27-month high in Feb owing to costlier food, fuel

Wholesale inflation rose to 4.17% in February as against 2.03% in the previous month

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WPI inflation rises to 4.17% in February on costlier food, fuel, power

After witnessing months of softening of prices, the food articles in February saw 1.36 per cent inflation. In January it was (-) 2.80 per cent

WPI inflation at 2.03% on costlier manufactured items, food prices ease

The WPI inflation was 1.22 per cent in December, 2020 and 3.52 per cent in January last year

WPI inflation eases in sync with retail, but core spikes in December

Softens to four-month low of 1.22% in December from 1.55% in November as food items enter deflationary zone; core inflation at 2-year high of 4.2%

November WPI inflation at nine-month high even as food prices moderate

Onion, which bore the brunt of rising inflation rate in recent months, saw deflation or fall in prices in November at 7.58%

WPI inflation at 9-month high of 1.55% in Nov as manufacturing cost goes up

This is the highest level of Wholesale price index-based (WPI) inflation since February, when it was 2.26 per cent

RBI Monetary Policy: Here's what to expect from the December meeting

The members of the Reserve Bank of India's fourth bi-monthly monetary policy Committee began their three-day meeting today, and are expected to announce the outcome on Friday

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A zero nominal growth rate of GDP would mean the real rate of growth of GDP would be in negative territory.

Expensive vegetables, high metal prices push WPI inflation to 1.32%

Together with CPI, it may restrain RBI from taking any further monetary easing measures

WPI inflation rises to 1.3% in September mainly on costlier food items

The wholesale price index based (WPI) inflation was in the negative territory for four straight months

Wholesale-retail inflation gap the widest in vegetables and pulses

As a result, though consumers might have been paying more for these crops, farmers have gained little

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WPI inflation rises 0.16% in Aug as manufactured items turn costlier

A modest decline in food inflation in August was driven by cereals, pulses, vegetables and milk costing less