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India's wholesale inflation eases to 1.31% in August as fuel prices turn negative
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India’s wholesale inflation eases to 1.31% in August as fuel prices turn negative

India‘s wholesale inflation eased to a four-month low at 1.31 per cent on an annual basis in August from 2.04 per cent in July, as…

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MPC should pay more heed to core inflation, says outgoing member Ashima Goyal
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MPC should pay more heed to core inflation, says outgoing member Ashima Goyal

The Monetary Policy Committee needs to give more importance to core inflation as this component of the consumer price gauge has the largest impact on…

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Any increase in global commodity prices is a matter of concern, says Monetary Policy Committee member Shashanka Bhide
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Any increase in global commodity prices is a matter of concern, says Monetary Policy Committee member Shashanka Bhide

Any change in international commodity prices is a matter of concern for India’s interest rate setters as a relatively benign global environment has provided breathing…

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RBI MPC Minutes: Food inflation pressures showing little signs of abatement, warns RBI
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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…

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ET Analysis: Leave the food inflation target index well alone
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ET Analysis: Leave the food inflation target index well alone

When there are whispers and murmurs in some corridors about the need for re-evaluating the inflation targeting framework component, or tinkering with the yardstick of…

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