Tag: inflation targeting framework
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Food items may shed weight in CPI basket
New Delhi: Food items could see their dominance in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) decline by up to 6.5 percentage points in rural areas and…
Posted in Economy
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…
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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…
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Retail inflation to ease as vegetable prices soften: RBI’s MPC member
Retail inflation will return to the central bank’s comfort band of 2%-6% as vegetable prices soften, according to a member of India’s Monetary Policy Committee…