Without a doubt, this RBI policy meeting has been historic. The Reserve Bank of India has emerged from its five-year hiatus, reducing the key policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%, down from 6.50%. After 2020, this is the first instance of the RBI making a rate cut. In May 2020, the Reserve…
In the next three to four months, scientists predict that favorable weather, above-normal monsoon rainfall, and improved rabi sowing will significantly reduce food inflation from its current levels. They assert that the prices of grains and edible oils continue to be a cause for concern and represent a short-term upside risk to the inflation trajectory….
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday, the major causes of India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation, which increased from 1.89 percent in November 2024 to 2.37 percent in December, were price increases for food items, food product manufacturing, other manufacturing, textile manufacturing, and non-food items. While WPI inflation…
Following a lifetime low of 85.94 versus the dollar during intraday trading, the rupee finished Thursday down. The rupee kept falling while the dollar index kept rising. The US Fed is expected to slow down interest rate cuts this year due to persistently high inflation, the threat of widespread tariffs, and other possible policy changes,…
Frontline indexes Nifty and Sensex plunged for the fourth straight day on December 19, losing more than three percent of their value over the week and wiping out more than Rs 10.5 lakh crore in investor capital. Whereas the Sensex plummeted 1,000 points, the Nifty 50 lost the 24,000 symbol. Interestingly, the Nifty 50 has…
According to data issued by the commerce ministry on Monday, the November wholesale pricing index (WPI)-based inflation rate in India decreased to 1.89 percent, mostly as a result of rising prices for textiles, machinery & equipment, food items, and other manufacturing. In October of this year, WPI inflation was 2.36%, up from 0.39 percent in…
As food prices cooled off, India’s retail inflation rate dropped to 5.5 percent in November from a 14-month high of 6.2 percent the month before. Compared to 10.9 percent in October, food inflation decreased to 9 percent for the month.For the third consecutive month, consumer prices have stayed over 5%. At its December meeting, the…
The median of 17 estimates indicates that retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), probably dropped to 5.6% in November from a 14-month high of 6.21% in October. The primary cause of the dramatic drop in headline print was the cooling costs of food, particularly vegetables. The CPI inflation rate in November 2023…
According to data provided by the commerce ministry on Thursday, increases in the cost of essential foods and an unfavorable base caused India’s wholesale pricing index (WPI)–based inflation to reach a four-month high of 2.36% in October. WPI inflation in September 2023 was 1.84%, whereas in October 2023 it was (-)0.26%. October saw the biggest…
The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) revealed data on Tuesday that indicated a strong increase in food prices in October 2024 caused India’s retail inflation, which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), to spike to a 14-month high of 6.21%. Inflation measured by the CPI was 5.49 percent in September, compared…
