CPI INFLATION

Retail inflation eases considerably to 4.59 per cent in December; well within RBI target

The numbers also mark the lowest inflation print since November 2019, giving some relief to the RBI, which has been caught between boosting...

CPI inflation eases to 4.59% in Dec; IIP contracts 1.9% in November

New Delhi: Consumer Price Index inflation eased to 4.59% in December 2020 as compared to 6.93% in November and 7.35% in December 2019, acco...

View: India’s inflation targeting framework ain’t broke. But it can definitely do with some improvement

The consumer price index (CPI) inflation mid-point target should be maintained at 4% within a +/-2% band, but a blended core inflation — av...

Budget 2021: Why Nirmala Sitharman should gun for growth despite price pressures

One of the three major drivers for high inflation during the pandemic is the huge disruptions in the supply side factors.

Fall in vegetable prices to rein in December inflation numbers: Barclays India

While retail price inflation is back within the RBI’s target band after a gap of eight months, policymakers will continue to remain on the ...

Retail inflation for industrial workers eases to 5.27% in November

The retail inflation measured in terms of all-India CPI-IW (Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers) for November increased by 0.4 poin...

Rescue acts, growth measures dominate RBI's platter in 2020; new inflation target awaited in new year

Within three weeks of launching the rescue act, the RBI's rate setting panel's meeting got advanced to deliver a deep cut of 0.70 per cent ...

4% inflation target is ideal as it matches average trend since 2014, says RBI paper

The real time estimate of trend inflation was around 5% till the end of 2013, while it fell steadily to 4.1% in the first quarter of 2019, ...

Divergences in rural, urban inflation do not persist for long: RBI paper

Empirical estimates, it said, revealed that the differentials between rural and urban inflation are transient and both exhibit a long-run e...

Pinching people's pockets: Retail inflation likely to stay elevated in short term

For most part of this year, pricier food items pushed the retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), higher in the range of 6.5...

Consumer price inflation is easing, core inflation remains sticky: UBS report

CPI inflation is a measure of change in retail prices of goods and services that consumers pay when they buy them. Core inflation on the ot...

India’s CPI to decelerate marginally to 7.3%: Morgan Stanley

We expect headline CPI to decelerate marginally to 7.3% year on year in November from 7.6% year on year in October. “High-frequency food pr...

November inflation print may have finally peaked, says Barclays India in report

However, price of pulses, spices and cooking oil are likely to be higher at the margin. Overall, Barclays expects food inflation to decline...

Retail inflation up marginally for farm, rural workers in Oct

Retail inflation for farm workers based on the Consumer Price Index-Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) was 6.25 per cent while inflation based...

Hardening food prices drive retail inflation further away from RBI's tolerance band

Retail inflation remained above the 7% mark for the second consecutive month in October heightening worries about a further delay in moneta...

India's October CPI likely above 7% again, industrial output falls

Disruption from by the coronavirus pandemic and excessive rainfall in states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have damaged...

Inflation soars to eight-month high in September; August IIP in negative zone

This marks the highest level recorded in past five months, and well above the RBI's target range of 2-6 per cent.