Tag: india inflation
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…