Good news for common man! CPI Inflation eases to 2.19% in December 2018; food inflation at -2.51%, know what it means to you

Mon, Jan 14, 2019

The easing retail inflation can be attributed to Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) or food inflation which came in negative at 2.51% compared to -2.61% in November 2018 and 4.96% in December 2017. 

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Retail inflation rises to 3.77% in September 2018; Food inflation inches up 0.51%

Fri, Oct 12, 2018

India's Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) inched up 0.51% in September compared to 0.29% in August 2018 and 1.25% in September 2017. 

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CPI inflation eases to 4.44% in February 2018; food inflation at 3.26%

Mon, Mar 12, 2018

The CSO, MOSPI, has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015. 

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Consumer Price Index stands at 5.07% in Jan 2018; food inflation at 4.70%

Mon, Feb 12, 2018

The current CPI was higher if compared with 3.17% of the corresponding month in the previous year.

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Is ‘rate hike’ on the table for RBI in FY18's last policy meet?

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

RBI has kept policy repo rate unchanged at 6% in the past two monetary policy meetings along with accommodative stance due to fear of higher inflation and macro-economic data.

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Will MSP hike in Budget FY19 be inflationary?

Tue, Feb 06, 2018

The Finance Minister also decided to increase food subsidy by 21% or Rs 29,041 crore to Rs 1.69 lakh crore.

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Budget FY19 ties RBI’s hand for rate cut in its last FY18 policy

Mon, Feb 05, 2018

 Analysts have already predicted that inflation is going to shoot higher than the RBI’s trajectory for FY18.

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Inflation during 2017-18 averaged to lowest in 6 years: Govt

Mon, Jan 29, 2018

The survey observes that the economy has witnessed a gradual transition from a period of high and variable inflation to more stable prices in the last four years

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Indices hit new highs; bank, financial stocks take lead

Mon, Jan 15, 2018

BSE Sensex closed at 34,843.51, up 0.73%, while the broader Nifty settled at 10,741.55, up 0.56% after breaching the 10,750 level

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Inflation will dip in January, claims SBI

Sat, Jan 13, 2018

Increase in December inflation was primarily due to the base effect, a report said

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Uptick in CPI inflation validates caution displayed by MPC: ICRA

Fri, Jan 12, 2018

The hardening of the CPI inflation in December 2017 was led by the sharp jump in inflation for housing, as well as a base-effect led uptick in food inflation, with a limited impact of the cut in GST rates, said ICRA today.

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Retail inflation for industrial workers up at 3.97% in Nov

Mon, Jan 01, 2018

CPI-IW for October stood at 3.24%

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Retail inflation touches 15-month high of 4.88% in November

Tue, Dec 12, 2017

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015. 

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Retail inflation expected to rise further: Experts

Sun, Nov 19, 2017

According to global financial services majors like Nomura, BofAML and Morgan Stanley, price pressures are likely to build further in the coming months following a cyclical recovery in the economy and rise in vegetable and oil prices.

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Food and fuel prices push India's retail inflation in October

Tue, Nov 14, 2017

Food, fuel and housing prices pushed India`s annual retail inflation rate higher in October, official data showed on Monday.

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August retail inflation rises 3.36%

Tue, Sep 12, 2017

India's retail inflation or Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 3.36% in August 2017 as against 2.36% in July 2017 and 5.05% in the corresponding month of the previous year, as per Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI). 

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July wholesale inflation rises to 1.88%

Mon, Aug 14, 2017

Analysts expected WPI inflation to rise in July 2017 as prices picked up in the month. However, WPI continues to be well below the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) target. The central bank expects retail inflation could accelerate to 3.5% to 4.5% in October-December.

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Retail Inflation rose by just 1.54% in June

Wed, Jul 12, 2017

Analysts expected consumer inflation to slow down due to sharp drop in food and oil prices. RBI has lowered down its inflation trajectory in the second bi-monthly monetary policy meet. 

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After months of drifting apart, India's wholesale and retail inflation are finally converging

Mon, Jun 19, 2017

Both WPI and CPI have reached to a series low in the month of May 2017 and are now just 1 basis point difference between each other. 

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India's May retail inflation reaches record low of 2.18%

Mon, Jun 12, 2017

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