Indias July WPI inflation quickens to 1.88 percent

India`s wholesale price index in July rose 1.88 percent from a year earlier, after easing for four months, government data showed on Monday.

The rise compares with a 1.3 percent increase forecast by economists in a Reuters poll and a provisional 0.9 percent rise in June - the slowest pace since July 2016.

Wholesale food prices in July rose 2.12 percent on year, compared with a 1.25 percent fall a month earlier, the data showed.

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