Retail Inflation
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Retail inflation rises for sixth straight month, up 3.18% in June
Business | Jul 12, 2019, 07:19 PM ISTRising for sixth month in a row, retail inflation rose to 3.18 per cent in June due to costlier food products such as grains, pulses and protein-rich items meat and fish, government data showed Friday.
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Retail inflation inches up to 2.92% in April due to spike in food prices
Business | May 13, 2019, 06:09 PM ISTThe inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) 2.86 per cent in the previous month and 4.58 per cent in April 2018, said the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
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Retail inflation edges up to 2.86 per cent in March on costlier food articles
Business | Apr 12, 2019, 06:50 PM ISTThe consumer price index (CPI)-based retail inflation was at 2.57 per cent in February this year. On yearly basis, it was 4.28 per cent in March 2018.
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Retail inflation rises to 4-month high of 2.57% in February
Business | Mar 12, 2019, 06:03 PM ISTRetail inflation rose to four-month high of 2.57 per cent in February, mainly driven by higher food prices.
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Retail inflation rate drops to 2.05 per cent year-on-year: Govt
Business | Feb 12, 2019, 05:56 PM ISTThe decline was due to a fall in food prices and smaller increases in fuel costs.
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Lower fuel prices ease India's December retail inflation to 2.19%
Business | Jan 14, 2019, 07:32 PM ISTThe Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) deflation reversed marginally to (-)2.51 per cent in December, from (-)2.61 per cent in the previous month.
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Lower food prices ease India's October retail inflation
Business | Nov 12, 2018, 06:31 PM ISTEven on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in October 2018 was lower than in the corresponding period of last year, when retail inflation stood at 3.58 per cent.
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Retail inflation cools to 10-month low of 3.69% in August 2018
Business | Sep 12, 2018, 07:32 PM ISTIn October 2017, CPI inflation was at 3.58 per cent and it has remained above RBI’s targeted rate of 4 per cent since then.
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Retail inflation to average 4.4 per cent this fiscal: Report
Business | Aug 15, 2018, 12:23 PM ISTThe factors that are likely to impact inflation number going forward include volatility in the global financial markets, oil prices, MSP pass-through and staggered impact of HRA increases by states.
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RBI expects food prices to drive retail inflation to 4.8% in second half of FY19
Business | Aug 01, 2018, 03:48 PM ISTOn MSP hike, RBI said there is a considerable uncertainty and the exact impact would depend on the nature and scale of the government's procurement operations.
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Retail inflation hits five-month high of 5% in June despite easing food prices
Business | Jul 12, 2018, 08:17 PM ISTThe increase in inflation has reduced possibilities of an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank in its upcoming monetary policy review.
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Retail inflation drops to 4.28% in March, industrial output grows 7.1% in February
Business | Apr 12, 2018, 05:59 PM ISTThe drop in retail or consumer inflation was mostly driven by lower food prices, the government said.
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Retail inflation dips to 4.44% in February from 5.07% in January; industrial production expands to 7.5%
Business | Mar 12, 2018, 07:45 PM ISTThe ease in the inflation number was mostly driven by lower food prices. However, the figure remains higher than the 4 per cent target of the Reserve Bank of India.
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Retail inflation rises to 17-month high of 5.21% in December
India | Jan 12, 2018, 06:47 PM ISTAccording to data released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), the inflation rate for the last month was mainly driven by steep hike in food and fuel prices.
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Retail inflation jumps to 15-month high of 4.88% in November
Business | Dec 12, 2017, 06:22 PM ISTThe inflation rate stood at 3.63 per cent during the corresponding period last year. In October, the inflation rate was registered at 3.58 per cent.
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Retail inflation rises to seven-month high of 3.58% in October
Business | Nov 13, 2017, 08:53 PM ISTCostlier food items, particularly vegetables, pushed up retail inflation in October to seven-month high of 3.58%. The Consumer Price Index-based inflation was 3.28% in September.
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Marginal drop in food prices as retail inflation static at 3.28% in September
Business | Oct 12, 2017, 06:58 PM ISTOn a sequential basis, the country's Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) dropped to 1.25 per cent during the month under review when compared to 1.52 per cent in August 2017.
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Retail inflation rises to 3.36 pc in August, highest in five months
Sep 12, 2017, 06:32 PM ISTThe current rate of inflation is the highest in five months.
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Retail inflation at historic low of 1.54 pc in June, IIP growth slumps to 1.7 pc
Jul 12, 2017, 07:33 PM ISTRetail inflation in June fell to 1.54 per cent, as compared to 5.77 per cent in the same month last year.
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Veggies, pulses drag inflation to record low of 2.18 pc in May
Jun 12, 2017, 10:24 PM ISTThe CPI based retail inflation stood was at 2.99 per cent in April 2017. In May 2016, it was at 5.76 per cent. The overall food inflation was in negative territory at (-) 1.05 per cent during the month.