retail inflation

The COVID-19 induced supply-side constraints are expected to keep India's retail price inflation at an elevated level, consequently, eroding chances of a RBI lending rate cut. Accordingly, leading economists, pegged the range of consumer price inflation numbers for August at...

The growing threat of stagflation for the Indian economy and persistence of retail inflation above 6 percent may lead to rise in interest rates, a domestic ratings agency said on Wednesday. The uncertain outlook on inflation in the short term...

Retail inflation rose to 6.93 percent in July, mainly on account of higher prices of food items, government data showed on Thursday. According to a PTI report: The food inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, increased to...

Retail inflation in the country is likely to remain at elevated levels in the next few months on account of supply constraints driven by labour shortage rather than due to fiscal deficit or other external factors, according to a...

Retail inflation rose to 6.09 per cent in June, mainly on account of higher prices of food items, the government data showed on Monday. According to a PTI report: Food inflation in June increased by 7.87 percent, according to Consumer...

Drop in food prices decelerated the rise in India's retail inflation during March to 5.91 percent from February's 6.58 percent. However, the consumer price index (CPI), or retail inflation, was at 2.86 percent in the corresponding month of last year. The...

Base effect, along with sequential decline in food prices eased India's retail inflation during February to 6.58 percent from January's 7.59 percent. However, the consumer price index (CPI), or retail inflation, was at 2.57 percent in the corresponding month of...

Higher prices of food items such as vegetables, eggs, meat and fish, along with fuel costs, pushed India's retail inflation during January to 7.59 percent from December's 7.35 percent. The consumer price index (CPI), or retail inflation, was at 1.97...

A massive rise in food prices lifted India's December retail inflation to a 65-month high at 7.35 percent from 5.54 percent in November, official data showed on Monday. Economy watchers said the spike in December retail inflation came on the...

A massive rise in food prices lifted India's November's retail inflation to 5.54 percent from 4.62 percent in October, official data showed on Thursday.Similarly, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last month was higher than...