The consumer price index (CPI), which measures retail inflation in India, decreased from 3.61% in February to 3.34% in March, a five-year-seven-month low, as food costs significantly decreased. Analysts believe that this will allow the RBI to stimulate growth by reducing interest rates by at least 50 basis points in FY26. In the face of…
The National Statistical Office (NSO) issued data on Friday that showed that retail inflation, which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), decreased to a 10-month low of 4.85% in March from 5.1% in February, despite high food costs. In the upcoming months, food prices are predicted to stay erratic. In the meantime, the…
In recent days “World Economic Outlook” report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increased India’s GDP growth forecast for FY24 by 40 basis points (bps) to 6.7% and for FY25 by 20 bps to 6.5%, citing “resilient domestic demand. ” India’s major economy would continue to grow at the fastest rate in the world, at 6.7%….
India’s growth rate slipped to a four-quarter low of 4.1% in the January-March period as a resilient post-pandemic rebound was disrupted by the Russia-Ukraine war that inflated prices of oil and other key commodities, and impeded the global supply chains. As Yet, in 2021-22, the country re-captured the fastest-growing major economy tag from China after…
