Tag: Consumer Price Index
How to read the new retail inflation series| Business News
Calculating inflation involves four key processes: identifying the items for which price data is collected; classifying and weighing them, identifying the markets from which to…
CPI’s new method skewed; UP and Maharashtra account for nearly half of newly added markets, says SBI
New Delhi: Consumer Price Index (CPI) new method market additions for the calculation of the inflation data skewed towards few states as UP, Maharashtra accounts…
CPI Revamp: Inflation at 2.75% in January
New Delhi: India reported January retail inflation at 2.75%, the first reading under the revised Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with 2024 as the base…
From roti to OTT: New inflation math tells story of new India
The January Consumer Price Index (CPI) print marked more than just a new inflation number. At 2.75%, inflation returned to the Reserve Bank of India’s…
New CPI series to improve basis for formulating monetary, fiscal policies: CEA Nageswaran
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the new CPI series will improve the quality of data used in formulating monetary and fiscal…
India’s retail inflation at 2.75% in January as housing, services gain weight in CPI basket
India’s retail inflation rose to 2.75% in January 2026 on higher food and precious metal prices, according to the first reading of the new Consumer…
India inflation rate climbs to 2.75% in January 2026 under new CPI series| Business News
India’s inflation rate has risen to the highest in eight months under the new CPI series to fall within the Reserve Bank of India’s tolerance…
Govt set to release new inflation data today to capture how India spends| Business News
India is taking major steps to overhaul its key statistics to better capture the rapid expansion in consumer spending over the past decade and improve…
India’s inflation revamp may give Reserve Bank a reason to stay on hold
India will publish inflation figures based on a new index on Thursday, which analysts say may show elevated price pressures in the economy, giving the…
India to revise base year for CPI, GDP, industrial output data every 3-5 years, official says
NEW DELHI: India plans to revise the base year of key economic indicators, including consumer price index, gross domestic product and industrial output, every three…