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WPI inflation eases to 11.16% in July as food, crude prices soften
However, WPI inflation remained in double digits for the third consecutive month in July, mainly due to a low base of last year. WPI inflation was (-) 0.25 per cent, in July 2020
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India's inflation could go past RBI target rest of 2021, say report
Forecasts for gross domestic product were raised to a 9.2% expansion in the fiscal year ending March 2022, from the previous 9%, while the gross value added outlook edged down slightly to 9%.
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India's June WPI inflation eases to 12.07% despite rise in fuel prices
India's annual wholesale price inflation eased to 12.07% in June from the previous month's record of 12.94%, despite a spike in costs of fuel and manufactured goods
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Rising inflation risk
Ignoring it for long could increase longer-term costs
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WPI inflation hits record high of 12.94% in May on costlier fuel
The wholesale price-based inflation accelerated to a record high of 12.94 per cent in May, on rising prices of crude oil and manufactured goods
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How pulses and edible oil could exacerbate the pain on the inflation front
A mix of short- and long-term policies to contain price rise in these two commodities while keeping an eye on the interest of the cultivator could be the balm India is looking for
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Top headlines: AstraZeneca says vaccine safe, bank strike hits services
Business Standard brings you top news of the day
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Inflation woes: Here's how experts have interpreted CPI, WPI numbers
Most experts say the numbers are worrisome and can dent the economic recovery going ahead. Here's how economists at leading brokerages and research houses have interpreted the numbers
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
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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
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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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Top headlines: Indians boycott Chinese goods, govt targets 5-6 mn jobs
From Indians boycotting Chinese goods this Diwali to the Centre's aim of creating 5-6 million formal sector jobs, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day
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