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India retains headline inflation target at 4% following review
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India retains headline inflation target at 4% following review

NEW DELHI, – India’s federal government on Wednesday retained the target for retail inflation at 4%, ‌within ⁠a ⁠comfort band of 2%-6%, according to an…

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Nomura drops April India rate‑cut call on firmer inflation, RBI ‘stealth easing’

Nomura no longer expects India’s central bank to cut rates in April, it said on Friday, as inflation is expected to rise and given the…

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IIT-B paper suggests changes on housing CPI computation review proposal

Mumbai: A technical paper by IIT-Bombay has suggested changes on the proposed revisions to capturing changes in the housing services component of consumer price inflation…

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RBI unlikely to play Santa again in February
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RBI unlikely to play Santa again in February

MUMBAI: Economists expect the Reserve Bank of India to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 5.25% in February, as inflation begins to rise from…

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No systematic bias in inflation forecasts; RBI mulling monthly BoP data release: Poonam Gupta

Mumbai: RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta on Wednesday said there is no “systematic bias” in the central bank’s inflation forecasting. In comments that come amid…

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