Delhi NCR [India], June 10: The recent decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) not to hike the repo rate unchanged has been met with appreciation. While the current rate of 6.5 per cent is at its highest in four years and impacts affordable housing, the momentum gained by the realty sect
According to figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation reached 36.4 per cent in April 2023 while rising 1.6 per cent month-over-month (MoM) in May.
According to figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), CPI-based inflation reached 36.4 per cent in April 2023 while rising 1.6 per cent month-over-month (MoM) in May.
Retail inflation or (Consumer Price Index) peaked at 7.8 per cent in April 2022 to an 18-month low of 4.7 per cent in April 2023, driven by a reduction in food and core inflation. In some advanced countries, inflation had in fact touched a multi-decade high and even breached the 10 per cent
China's imports contracted sharply in April by 7.9 per cent, while exports grew slower at 8.5 per cent compared to 14.8 per cent in March. Consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than two years in April, while factory gate deflation, prices offered by China's industrial wholesalers,
India's headline consumer price index-based (CPI) inflation (or retail inflation) has gradually declined from its peak of 7.8 per cent in April 2022 to below 6 per cent now - which is below RBI's upper tolerance band.
Emkay Institutional Equities, a part of Emkay Global Financial Services, expects India will likely witness a sub-five per cent inflation in the early part of 2023, with an average rate of Consumer Price Index at 5.2 per cent for the entire calendar year.
The data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed that the increase was particularly driven by rising food prices, which resulted in a 0.51 per cent increase in short-term inflation on a week-on-week basis.