: India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI) or wholesale inflation has "bottomed out" and will probably gain slight momentum from November onwards, even as it may still remain in negative territory for most of the remaining months of 2025-26, Union Bank of India said in a report.
India's Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is expected to ease further and remain in the range of 0.4 per cent to 0.6 per cent in October 2025, supported by sustained declines in essential commodity prices and softening global trends, according to a report by Bank of Baroda (BoB).
Costs of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis declined 7% and 8% year-on-year in August, respectively, in line with moderate commodity prices, according to Crisil Intelligence's latest Roti Rice Rate (RRR) report.
The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, up 1.6 per cent from June, driven primarily by rising international prices of meat and vegetable oils.
Food commodity prices have largely remained stable and well-contained throughout the current calendar year, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said in a statement Friday.
India's current account deficit (CAD) is likely to see a marginal rise in FY26 as there is minor upward risk on it, noted a report by Union Bank of India.
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies in India are likely to see an improvement in their profit margins in the first quarter of FY26, which is attributed to a broad-based decline in the prices of key agricultural and packaging commodities, according to a report by Antique Stock Broking
Volatile global commodity prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions could disrupt supply chains and fuel inflationary pressures impacting food prices, said a report by Centrum.
India's merchandise trade deficit surged to USD 22.99 billion in January 2025, exceeding market expectations of USD 21.0 billion. This marks an increase from USD 21.94 billion in December 2024 and USD 16.56 billion in January 2024.
The commodity prices in the international markets will decrease by 5 percent in 2025 and 2 percent in 2026, following a 3 percent decline this year, reaching their lowest levels since 2020, the World Bank Group said in its October edition of Commodity Market Outlook.
As the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) ongoing meeting draws attention, experts widely believe that the central bank will not announce any changes to the repo rate during this session.