Retail inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) surpassed the RBI’s upper tolerance level in January after dropping for the previous two months and increased from 5.72% in December to 6.5 percent. The more expensive cereals, along with spices and other food items, are one of the main causes of the increase to a…
The majority of financial industry professionals anticipate the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to opt for a moderate repo rate increase of 25 basis points during its policy review meeting this week. Monday marks the beginning of the MPC’s three-day deliberations, and February 8 marks the announcement of the result. In his most recent bimonthly monetary…
On Thursday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that its goal for 2023 is to control inflation and bring it into line with the desired level by 2024. The consumer price index (CPI) eased to 5.7% in December from 5.9% a month earlier, according to the most recent data, driven mostly by a strong…
Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance, anticipates high growth and lower inflation for the coming year as the central bank works to maintain economic stability in the face of challenging external conditions. Sitharaman stated that “external variables were quite powerful in the inflation targeting exercise.” She added that these factors were out of the government’s…
The central bank should first try and bring down retail inflation to 6% – the upper band of its medium-term target – before modifying the pace of its rate increases Said C Rangarajan, the best-known economist and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Although the central bank does not set a specific…
Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), aimed to soothe worries on Wednesday that the Monetary Policy Committee’s explanation to the government on a breach of the inflation target would not be made public. Das claimed that because this was sensitive material, the RBI was not authorized to reveal the contents, but…
Oil prices fell for the third day in a row on Wednesday, as investors worried about the impact on fuel demand from rising global economic threats and increasing COVID-19 regulations in China. Brent crude futures had fallen 51 cents, or 0.5%, to $93.78 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate crude in the United States was trading…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on September 30 announced a 50 basis points hike in the repo rate stepping up its fight against persistently high inflation. Repo is the rate at which the central bank lends short-term funds to banks. One bps is one-hundredth of a percentage point. With the latest rate hike, the…
S&P Global Ratings maintained its economic growth prediction for India at 7.3% in FY23 and 6.5% in FY24, with “risks weighted to the downside.” Retail inflation is expected to remain over the central bank’s medium-term objective of 2-6% through the end of 2022. According to the agency’s new Economic Outlook for the Asia Pacific, rising…
Vegetable inflation is high but that of spices is higher, retail inflation data shows. According to experts, pest attacks and decreased production are the main causes of rising spice inflation. The planting of spice seeds is hoped to benefit from a delayed monsoon. Vegetable retail inflation in August reached 13.23%, while spice retail inflation hit…
