Wpi Inflation

WPI inflation rises to 2.03 per cent in Jan on costlier manufactured items, food prices ease

Inflation in vegetables and potatoes was (-) 20.82 per cent and 22.04 per cent during January, while in the fuel and power basket it was (-) 4.78 per cent.

WPI inflation eases to 1.22 per cent in December

WPI inflation at 9-month high of 1.55% in November on costlier manufactured items, food prices ease

​The wholesale price-based inflation rose to a 9-month high of 1.55 per cent in November on costlier manufactured items, even as food prices cooled. The WPI inflation was 1.48 per cent in October 2020 and 0.58 per cent in November last year.

WPI inflation at 8-month high of 1.48% in Oct on costlier manufactured items

The WPI inflation was 1.32 per cent in September and zero per cent in October last year. This is the highest level of Wholesale price index-based (WPI) inflation since February when it was 2.26 per cent.

Wholesale price inflation rises to 1.32% in September, against 0.16% in August

​The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation has risen to 1.32 per cent for September as compared to 0.16 per cent in August, data published by the government showed on Wednesday.

WPI inflation rises 0.16 pc in Aug; food, manufactured items turn costlier

The wholesale price-based inflation rose 0.16 per cent in August as food items and manufactured products turned costlier. The Wholesale price index based (WPI) inflation was in the negative territory for four straight months -- April (-) 1.57 per cent, May (-) 3.37 per cent, June (-) 1.81 per cent and July (-) 0.58 per cent.

Wholesale prices plunge to 4.5-year low; WPI deflation at 3.21% in May

​Prices in the wholesale market fell to a 4.5-year low level in May, recording a deflation of 3.21 per cent, due to sharp decline in fuel and power items even as food articles turned expensive.  

WPI inflation eases to 2.45% in May, from 3.07% in April

Wholesale price-based inflation is the rate of increase in wholesale prices and is gauged by Wholesale Price Index (WPI).

WPI inflation spikes to 3.18 per cent in March on costlier food, fuel

The Reserve Bank, which mainly factors in retail inflation for monetary policy decision, had earlier this month cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent.

WPI inflation hits 10-month low, drops to 2.76 % in January

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation stood at 3.8 per cent in December, 2018, and 3.02 per cent in January 2018.

Wholesale inflation cools off to 4.53% in August despite spiraling petrol, diesel prices

However, WPI inflation on manufacturing products increased from 4.26 per cent to 4.43 per cent.

WPI data: Spike in fuel and power prices drive wholesale inflation rate to five-month high at 4.43% in May

The year-on-year inflation rate, based on monthly WPI, stood at 4.43 per cent (provisional) for May, 2018. This is a hike of almost double from the previous year's inflation rate which was 2.26 per cent during the corresponding month.

India's wholesale inflation rises to 3.18 % in April on increased food, fuel prices

Wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in India during April rose to four-month high at 3.18 per cent on increasing prices of petrol and diesel as well as fruits and vegetables.

Wholesale inflation eases to 2.47% in March, food articles turn cheaper

On the basis of Wholesale Price Index (WPI), inflation was 2.48 per cent in February and 5.11 per cent in March last year. 

India's WPI inflation hits eight-month high of 3.93% in November on rising food, fuel prices

The data shows a 34 percentage point increase as compared to 3.59% WPI inflation for October and 1.82% during the corresponding month of the previous year.

Wholesale inflation falls to 2.6 pc in Sept from 3.24 pc in August

India's wholesale price inflation (WPI) came down to 2.6 per cent in September after touching a four-month high of 3.24 pc in August.

Wholesale inflation in August rises to four-month high of 3.24 pc

India's WPI inflation in August has risen to 3.24 per cent, nearly double that of July

WPI inflation rises to 1.88 per cent in July, first spike in four months

Vegetable prices, which had witnessed a 21.16 per cent contraction in June, too shot up 21.95 per cent in July

WPI inflation falls sharply to 0.90 pc in June as food prices ease

Wholesale inflation fell to 0.90 per cent in June -- the lowest in at least eight months – as prices in food articles, including vegetables, declined

India's WPI inflation in May falls to 5-month low of 2.17 pc

Annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices decelerated in May to 2.17 per cent.