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retail inflation: India's retail inflation at 3.65 per cent in August; stays below RBI's 4 per cent target
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retail inflation: India’s retail inflation at 3.65 per cent in August; stays below RBI’s 4 per cent target

India‘s retail inflation surged to 3.65 per cent on an annual basis in August as against a five-year low of 3.54 per cent, data released…

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Inflation: India handled inflation much better than US, Germany and France: SBI Report
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Inflation: India handled inflation much better than US, Germany and France: SBI Report

India has demonstrated a largely successful inflation targeting regime compared to advanced economies such as the USA, Germany, and France, according to a research report…

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Food inflation to moderate, but any surprise in monsoon or floods may trigger it upwards: UBI report
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Food inflation to moderate, but any surprise in monsoon or floods may trigger it upwards: UBI report

Food inflation, which has moderated a bit lately is further expected to come down in the coming months, Union Bank of India noted in a…

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India’s heat is now a better predictor of food prices than rain
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India’s heat is now a better predictor of food prices than rain

Tracking rising temperatures is becoming a better way of forecasting food inflation in India than the rain patterns economists have typically relied on, according to…

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Radical changes to India inflation regime are risky, study shows
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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,…

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India inflation: Abandoning RBI's inflation target regime could be risky, counterproductive: Research paper
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India inflation: Abandoning RBI’s inflation target regime could be risky, counterproductive: Research paper

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI‘s) inflation targeting regime has worked well and need not be abandoned in favour of a more discretionary regime that…

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No freedom from the core price problem keeps celebrations muted
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No freedom from the core price problem keeps celebrations muted

Ask a commoner what their biggest worries are in India. You may bet one of the issues will be ‘mehengai’ or inflation in a country…

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India inflation news: India's retail inflation slows to 3.5% in July, falls below RBI's target for the first time in 5 years
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India inflation news: India’s retail inflation slows to 3.5% in July, falls below RBI’s target for the first time in 5 years

India’s retail inflation eased to 3.54 per cent on an annual basis in July, data released by the government showed on Monday, gaining comfort off…

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Households expect inflation to edge up: RBI survey
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Households expect inflation to edge up: RBI survey

Indian households have turned hawkish on inflation compared to their perception in May this year, the Reserve Bank’s household inflation expectation survey indicates. The latest…

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A look at the thali on RBI's table before the rate decision
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A look at the thali on RBI’s table before the rate decision

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which will announce policy rates on Thursday, has a challenge: the thali on its table. Thali, or the food…

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