Retail Inflation
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Retail inflation rises to 5.03% in February
Business | Mar 12, 2021, 06:32 PM ISTRetail inflation rose to 5.03 per cent in February mainly on account of higher food prices, government data showed on Friday.
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January retail inflation declines to 4.06%, vegetables become cheaper
Business | Feb 12, 2021, 08:01 PM ISTSequentially, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which gauges the retail price inflation, declined to 4.06 per cent from 4.59 per cent reported for December 2020.
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Retail inflation for industrial workers eases to 3.67 per cent in December
Business | Jan 29, 2021, 04:38 PM ISTRetail inflation for industrial workers eased to 3.67 per cent in December 2020 against 9.63 per cent in the same month of last year due to lower prices of certain food items.
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Retail inflation for farm, rural workers eases in December on lower food prices
Business | Jan 20, 2021, 05:53 PM ISTRetail inflation for farm and rural workers eased to 3.25 per cent and 3.34 per cent, respectively, in December, mainly due to lower prices of certain food items.
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Retail inflation drops to 4.59 per cent in December: Govt data
Business | Jan 12, 2021, 07:02 PM ISTFood inflation declined to 3.41 per cent in December in 2020, compared to 9.5 per cent in the previous month, according to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
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Retail inflation for industrial workers eases to 5.27% in November
Business | Dec 31, 2020, 06:45 PM ISTRetail inflation for industrial workers eased to 5.27 per cent in November compared to 5.91 per cent in October, mainly due to lower prices of certain food items.
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Costlier veggies, eggs push retail inflation to six-and-half year high of 7.61 per cent in Oct
Business | Nov 12, 2020, 09:10 PM ISTDriven by rising food prices, retail inflation inched up to 7.61 per cent in October, remaining above the comfort level of the Reserve Bank.
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Retail inflation spikes to eight-month high to 7.34 pc in Sept, industrial output drops 8 pc in Aug
Business | Oct 12, 2020, 09:49 PM ISTRising food prices pushed retail inflation to an eight-month high of 7.34 per cent in September, above the RBI's comfort level, while industrial output continued to contract in August, official data showed on Monday.
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Retail inflation rises by 6.09% in June
Business | Jul 13, 2020, 06:32 PM ISTRetail inflation rose by 6.09 percent in June, mainly on account of higher prices of food items, the government data showed on Monday.
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Retail inflation eases to 6.58% in February
Business | Mar 12, 2020, 05:59 PM ISTRetail inflation slowed to 6.58 per cent in February over the previous month mainly due to easing food prices, government data showed on Thursday. The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.59 per cent in January and 2.57 per cent in February 2019.
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Retail inflation jumps to nearly six-year high of 7.59% in January on high food prices
Business | Feb 12, 2020, 07:44 PM ISTRetail inflation jumped to over five-and-a-half-year high of 7.59 per cent in January on persistently high prices of vegetables, pulses and protein-rich meat and fish, government data showed on Wednesday.
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Retail inflation may force RBI to hold rates: Report
India | Jan 14, 2020, 09:00 PM ISTRetail inflation, which accelerated to 7.35 per cent in December and could breach 8 per cent in January, may force the Reserve Bank of India to hold rates in the monetary policy review next month, according to a report.
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Food price rise takes India's inflation to 5-year high: What it means
Business | Jan 14, 2020, 12:13 PM ISTThe retail inflation is on a 5-year high level of 7.4% as of December 2019 majorly driven by the inflation in the food price index, which also stood at 14.12%. A look at key statistics and what holds in future in terms of RBI's rate cut and probable inflation levels in the coming months.
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Retail inflation rises to 5-yr high of 7.35 percent in December, surpasses RBI's comfort level
Business | Jan 13, 2020, 06:48 PM ISTRetail inflation rose sharply to 7.35 percent in December 2019 from 5.54 percent in November, government data said on Monday.
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Wholesale inflation rises 0.58 per cent in November
Business | Dec 16, 2019, 12:46 PM ISTWholesale prices based inflation rose to 0.58 per cent in November, as against 0.16 per cent in October due to increase in prices of food articles. The annual inflation, based on the monthly wholesale price index (WPI), was at 4.47 per cent during the same month a year ago (November 2018).
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Retail inflation spikes to 3-yr high of 5.54 per cent in Nov, IIP shrinks for 3rd month at 3.8 per c
Business | Dec 12, 2019, 08:54 PM ISTAccording to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), costlier vegetables, pulses and protein rich items pushed the consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation to a 40-month high in November.
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Retail inflation shoots up to over 3-year high of 5.54% in November
Business | Dec 12, 2019, 06:21 PM ISTThe previous high of CPI was 6.07 in July 2016. The Reserve Bank of India has been mandated by the government to contain inflation in the range of 4 per cent, with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.
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Retail inflation jumps to 4.62 per cent in October
Business | Nov 13, 2019, 06:44 PM ISTThe inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 3.99 per cent in September and 3.38 per cent in October 2018. The inflation in the food basket spiked to 7.89 per cent in October 2019 as against 5.11 per cent the preceding month
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Retail inflation inches up marginally to 3.21 per cent in August
Business | Sep 12, 2019, 06:01 PM ISTThe rate of price rise in the food basket was 2.99 per cent in August, up from 2.36 per cent in the previous month, as per the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
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July retail inflation softens to 3.15 per cent on lower fuel rates
Business | Aug 13, 2019, 10:54 PM ISTPrices of vegetables, eggs, meat and fish pushed the retail inflation up year-on-year. Vegetables' prices increased 2.82 per cent, meat and fish 9.05 per cent, eggs 0.57 per cent and pulses and its products 6.82 per cent.