Tag: india retail inflation
Food price exclusion from inflation targets a flawed strategy? The heated debate in India
India’s retail inflation surged to a 14-month high of 6.2% in October, reigniting a debate on the country’s inflation targeting framework and whether food prices…
Retail inflation rises to 6.21 per cent in Oct, breaches RBI’s tolerance limit
Nov 12, 2024 05:37 PM IST Vegetables saw the highest inflation among all the food items at a staggering 42.18% in October 2024, compared to…
India’s retail inflation in October breaches RBI tolerance band at 6.21%, first since Aug 2023
India’s retail inflation accelerated to 6.21 per cent on an annual basis in October, further quickening from a 9-month high of 5.49 per cent in…
inflation: India’s retail inflation accelerates to 5.49%, exceeds RBI’s 4% target
India’s retail inflation accelerated to 5.49 per cent on an annual basis in September driven by a persistent rise in vegetable prices and a lower…
RBI may do what Fed has done with rates. But you need to wait
Federal Reserve’s recent 50 basis point (bps) rate cut may make the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) consider a similar move. However, a rate cut…
India Retail Inflation: What happens to India’s monetary policy rate after inflation eased to a 16-month low
Just about a week after India’s Monetary Policy Committee surprised with a status quo on rates, calling it a pause and not a pivot, the…
India inflation: Inflation trajectory isn’t the pole star guiding India’s future rate actions
India’s retail inflation print stayed above the central bank’s mandated tolerance ceiling for a second straight month in February. However, some analysts expect it to…
india retail inflation: January retail inflation ‘overestimated’, say economists
India’s retail inflation for January may have been overestimated by 23 bps, economists said, citing an anomaly in the calculation of the cereals index. The…
india inflation: After January inflation shocker, foreign analysts see another 25 basis point rate hike in April
As retail inflation jumped to a three-month high of 6.52 per cent in January, analysts at two foreign brokerages said there is a clear case…