retail inflation

New Delhi, March 30 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that the country's economic fundamentals are strong, and that the Indian rupee is "doing very well" against the US dollar, compared to other emerging market economies.Since the outbreak of the West Asia conflict on February...

New Delhi, March 25 The government on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank to maintain retail inflation at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side for another five years ending March 2031.To control price increases, the government in 2016 gave the RBI a mandate to keep retail...

New Delhi, March 16 Wholesale price inflation rose to an 11-month high of 2.13 per cent in February, driven by an increase in the prices of food and non-food items, even though vegetable prices eased on a month-on-month basis, according to government data released on Monday.This is the fourth...

Mumbai, March 13 The rupee fell by 12 paise to a record low of 92.37 against the US dollar in early trading on Friday, as global crude oil prices showed no signs of easing amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.A stronger dollar, heavy selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs), and...

New Delhi, March 12 Retail inflation rose to 3.21 per cent in February compared to 2.74 per cent in the previous month, mainly driven by higher food prices, according to government data released on Thursday.However, the consumer price index (CPI)-based retail inflation remained within the...

New Delhi, March 12 Retail inflation in the country rose to 3.21 per cent in February, compared to 2.74 per cent in the previous month, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released on Thursday.The inflation data is based on the new CPI series with the base year of 2024.Food inflation...

Mumbai, March 11 The ongoing conflict in West Asia could pose a downside risk to India's economic outlook due to its impact on crude oil and commodity prices, according to a report by Crisil Intelligence.In its base case scenario, the report expects India's real GDP growth to moderate to 7.1...

New Delhi, March 9 The impact of rising global crude prices on inflation is not expected to be substantial at this point, as India's inflation is near the lower bound, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.In response to a written question in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said that...

New Delhi, February 23 Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Monday that the new CPI inflation series based on 2024 prices will better reflect Indian households' consumption patterns and reduce volatility.In both ways, it will help in better CPI estimation, he said at a media...

New Delhi, February 16 Wholesale price inflation continued its upward trend for the third consecutive month, reaching 1.81 per cent in January, driven by increases in the prices of food, non-food items, and manufactured goods on a month-over-month basis, according to government data released on...

New Delhi, February 22 – India on Thursday launched a new series of its Consumer Price Index (CPI), the benchmark that tracks retail inflation, starting with data for January, at 2.75 per cent.The new series covers a wider range of goods and services and adjusts the weights of different...

India's retail inflation stood at 2.75 per cent in January on an annual basis, according to the newly released Consumer Price Index (CPI) series, compared to 1.33 per cent under the old series in December last year. This marks the first major revision of India's retail inflation series in over a...

New Delhi, February 12 – India on Thursday launched a new series of its Consumer Price Index (CPI), the benchmark that tracks retail inflation. This change will improve the quality of data used in formulating monetary and fiscal policies, according to Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran...

New Delhi, February 12 Retail inflation stood at 2.75 per cent in January under the new series of All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), with 2024 as the base year, released on Thursday.The new series released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme...

New Delhi, February 12 Retail inflation stood at 2.75 per cent in January, according to the new series of the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI), with 2024 as the base year, released on Thursday.The new series, released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics...

New Delhi, February 11 The government will release the retail inflation data for January based on the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series on Thursday, which will also reflect price movements in airfares, e-commerce platforms, and subscription rates of OTT channels.The new series, with a base...