India’s government issued data on April 15 showing that wholesale inflation decreased to 2.05 percent in March from 2.4 percent in February. While the food index saw a further fall, the prices of manufacturing items, which make up about two-thirds of the index, increased by 3.1 percent from 2.9 percent the previous month. The central…
October’s wholesale price index-based inflation was (-) 0.52%, which was in the negative for the seventh consecutive month due to declining food costs. As of September 2023, the WPI-based inflation rate was (-) 0.26 percent, having been in the negative since April. WPI was 8.67 percent in October of the previous year. Food item inflation…
Due to falling costs for food, gasoline, and manufactured goods, the wholesale price-based inflation rate in May decreased by (-) 3.48 percent, reaching a three-year low. The inflation rate based on the wholesale pricing index (WPI) has been negative for two months in a row. The value for April was (-) 0.92 percent. The WPI…
Retail and wholesale inflation decreased in October, according to official figures released on Monday, which is good news for both the government and the RBI. Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation decreased to a three-month low of 6.77% in October from 7.41% in September. Based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), wholesale inflation decreased from…
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…
