Retail Inflation Eases To 4.83 Per Cent in April

Last Updated: May 13, 2024, 18:26 IST The government has tasked the Reserve Bank to ensure inflation remains at 4%. (Representative image) Inflation in the food basket was at 8.70 per cent in April, marginally up from 8.52 per cent in March, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) Retail inflation … Read more

Inflation dropped to 10-month low in March, but no relief on food bills yet

A similar easing was recorded in pulses, whose prices rose 17.7% in March, 2024, from 18.5% in February. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India’s retail inflation moderated to a ten-month low of 4.85% in March from 5.1% in February, but food inflation remained sticky at 8.52%, little changed from the 8.66% recorded in the … Read more

Factory output slows to 3.8 pc in Jan; Feb retail inflation flat at 5.09 pc

New Delhi: India’s industrial production growth slowed to 3.8 per cent in January, while the February retail inflation at 5.09 per cent remained within the Reserve Bank’s comfort zone for the sixth straight month, according to the latest government data. Growth in factory output, based on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), slowed to 3.8 … Read more

Growth vs inflation debate: with food spends down, growth may get leg-up

“That’s what the Reserve Bank of India [RBI] also keeps saying… that food inflation is spiking, sometimes in onions, sometimes in vegetables, sometimes in pulses.”  | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh India’s headline inflation is expected to trend down creating more room for monetary and fiscal policy to focus on spurring growth rather than fret over … Read more

Retail Inflation Jumps To 5.55% In November 2023; IIP Growth At 16-Month High of 11.7% in October 2023

Published By: Mohammad Haris Last Updated: December 12, 2023, 18:02 IST Official inflation data for November 2023 has been released. Retail Inflation In November 2023, IIP in October 2023: Though the 5.55 per cent CPI inflation is far from the RBI’s medium-term target level of 4 per cent, it is within the tolerance limit of … Read more

Retail inflation is stable now, asserts Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri  The country’s consumer price inflation is now “stable” and within the official tolerance band of 2% and 6%, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman conveyed to the Lok Sabha on Monday, attributing the weakening price rise pressures largely to a steady drop in core inflation.  “India’s retail inflation … Read more