Tag: retail inflation
New series will better reflect consumption patterns, reduce volatility: RBI Guv
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday said the new CPI inflation series based on 2024 prices will better reflect Indian households’ consumption…
How to read the new retail inflation series| Business News
Calculating inflation involves four key processes: identifying the items for which price data is collected; classifying and weighing them, identifying the markets from which to…
CPI Revamp: Inflation at 2.75% in January
New Delhi: India reported January retail inflation at 2.75%, the first reading under the revised Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with 2024 as the base…
Food weight to decline to 36.75% in new CPI series
New Delhi: Food and beverages will account for 36.75% weight in the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series, down from the current 45.86%, reflecting changing…
Wholesale inflation hits 8-month high of 0.8% in December
New Delhi: Wholesale prices moved out of deflation after two straight months, recording an eight-month-high inflation of 0.83% in December, official data released Wednesday showed,…
India’s retail inflation rate rises to 1.33% but still below RBI tolerance band| Business News
India’s annual retail inflation quickened to 1.33% in December from 0.71% in November, as the decline in food prices moderated, government data showed on Monday….
RBI MPC 2026: No need to waste bullet when growth high, inflation low, says PwC on central banks’s rate cut
RBI MPC 2026: Making a case for status quo on interest rate by the RBI, PwC Partner and Economic Advisory Services leader Ranen Banerjee said…
Govt to tap e-tailers, online sources for price data in new CPI series
The government proposes to include online sources as well as e-commerce platforms to compute retail inflation in a bid to substantially improve reliability, accuracy, and…
Govt to release new series of retail inflation, GDP data from Feb, IIP from May
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) announced on Monday that it will release a new series of macroeconomic data next year, reflecting revised…
GST reforms may reduce retail inflation by 35 basis points in 2025-26: SBI report
The decline in Consumer Price Index (CPI) or retail inflation due to massive GST rate rationalisation has been around 25 bps so far in the…