retail inflation

India's annual retail inflation shot up beyond the official tolerance level of 6 per cent for July mainly on higher prices for food articles like pulses and vegetables, while on the brighter side the factory output rose 2.1 per...

Retail inflation is likely to cross the 6 per cent level over next two months but will ease thereafter as food prices abate and the base effect normalises, says a report. According to global financial services major HSBC, the inflation...

Ballooning prices of food articles pushed up India's annual wholesale price index sharply to 1.62 per cent for June from 0.79 per cent for the month before. According to a IANS report: This kept the inflation level in the positive...

Retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), accelerated to 5.76 per cent in May, driven primarily by rising food prices, making it more unlikely for the central bank to cut rates in the near future. According to...