The Ministry of Commerce & Industry announced provisional data indicating that the annual rate of India’s wholesale pricing index (WPI)-based inflation increased to 1.26 percent in April from 0.53 percent in March. A 13-month high was reached by the WPI in April, surpassing the Reuters forecast of 1% WPI inflation as predicted. According to the…
Based on statistics given by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India’s inflation for the month of September 2023 was (-)0.26% (Provisional) for the wholesale pricing index (WPI). In August 2022, the WPI inflation rate was (-)0.52%, while in September 2022, it was 10.55 percent. Since April, the WPI-based inflation rate has been negative for…
According to an announcement from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the wholesale price-based inflation rate was (-)1.36% in July 2023 compared to (-)4.12% in June 2023. The costs of mineral oils, basic metals, chemicals, and chemical products, textiles, and food items have all decreased since July 2023, according to the report. For the fourth…
Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India, announced on Thursday that following three days of discussion, the Monetary Policy Committee has opted to hold the key policy repo rate at 6.5 percent, maintaining the status quo for a third straight time. According to Shaktikanta Das, the MPC decided by a margin of 5:1…
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…
On the back of declining prices for manufactured goods and fuel, wholesale price-based inflation inched down to a 29-month low of 1.34 percent in March, despite rising food costs. The wholesale pricing index (WPI)-based measure of inflation has decreased for ten consecutive months, starting in March. From 3.85% in February to 14.63% in March 2022,…
According to data provided by the Commerce Ministry on Tuesday, India’s wholesale inflation, which is based on the all-India Wholesale Price Index (WPI), decreased to 3.85 % in February from 4.73 % in January. This is less than the 4% prediction made by Reuters. The data made public indicate that the decrease in the rate…
Factory inflation, as assessed by the wholesale pricing index (WPI), decreased to 4.73 percent in January from 4.95 percent in December, following a different trend from retail inflation. Retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index was reported by the National Statistical Office (NSO) as being 6.52 percent in January as opposed to 5.72 percent…
Wholesale inflation (WPI) in India continued to decline, dropping from 13.93% in July to an 11-month low of 12.41% in August. The wholesale pricing index remained in double digits for the 17th consecutive month in August despite the slight cooling off. The increase in inflation shown in the food articles section, up from 10.77% in…
India’s economic growth is accelerating, and after increasing until April 2022, inflation has declined. Mid-September 2022’s monthly macroeconomic data releases are anticipated to continue most of these tendencies world economy is presently experiencing a significant slowdown in growth. Nevertheless, despite some initial signs of a slowdown, average global inflation is still very nearly at its…
