Tag: Core Inflation
RBI MPC Minutes: Food inflation pressures showing little signs of abatement, warns RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Friday, highlighting that the headline inflation has seen…
Finance Ministry’s monthly economic review sees food inflation falling in coming months on rain bounty
Food inflation in India is expected to fall in the coming months as plentiful monsoon rains have replenished water levels in reservoirs, FinMin’s Department of…
Radical changes to India inflation regime are risky, study shows
India’s government should not alter the inflation-targeting framework adopted by the central bank to focus on core inflation, which excludes volatile food and fuel prices,…
food inflation: Monetary policy must be disinflationary to quell food price pressures: RBI bulletin
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may need to continue with disinflationary monetary policy and it has to remain cautious as the pressure stemming from…
inflation: View: India should remove food from its inflation target
One of India’s problems is that, even as it grows richer, it struggles to change policies to match. Economic frameworks designed for when it was…
RBI maintains fiscal year inflation forecast at 4.5%, cites food prices and geopolitical tensions – The Economic Times Video
The Reserve Bank of India today left its inflation forecast for this fiscal year unchanged at 4.5%, even amid caution on food price trajectory that…
Monetary Policy Committee: RBI’s MPC unlikely to announce a change in repo rate, according to an ET poll
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep interest rates unchanged this week as high food prices prevent any tilt toward softer policy,…
food inflation: Uneven rainfall may flare up food inflation: Experts
New Delhi: After a deficient June, monsoons have picked up pace in India, recording above-normal cumulative rainfall for July, with this unevenness is expected to…
Atmanirbhar thali: Govt is bringing self-sufficiency to dining table
Thali, or the food platter, has become a symbol of food inflation in India as analysts track food inflation with thali prices. Persistent food inflation…
retail inflation: Economic Survey’s pitch for excluding food from inflation target
The survey has called for “re-examining” of the existing inflation-targeting framework adopted by the central bank, pitching for the exclusion of food items, prices of…