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RBI confident of keeping inflation below 4% over the year in FY26: Annual
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expressed confidence in aligning headline inflation with its target of 4.0 per cent over a 12-month horizon, supported by easing food prices and favourable economic conditions.
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India's retail inflation eases to 3.16% in April; analysts paint a positiv
Updated : 1 year ago IST
This is the lowest year-on-year inflation since July 2019. The decline in inflation is attributed to a decrease in prices of vegetables, pulses and products, fruits, meat and fish, personal care and effects and cereals and products.
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India's CPI inflation remains in comfortable range, eases further to 3.16%
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Effectively, headline inflation declined 18 basis points in April 2025 compared to March 2025
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India's GST collections surge in January 2025: Gross up 12.3%, net rises 1
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
NCAER Director General Dr Poonam Gupta said, "Moderation in inflation (headline inflation to 4.3 per cent) has opened up more policy space. The agriculture sector is also exhibiting much-needed resilience, which bodes well for both inflation control and rural push to the economy."
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Economic Survey aligns with RBI's projection of inflation at 4.2% in FY26
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Friday, aligns with RBI's projection of headline inflation for FY26 at 4.2 per cent and 4.8 per cent in the current fiscal ahead of the Union Budget to be presented on Saturday.
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Household consumption to surge in Q2 as headline inflation eases and rural
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Household consumption in India is set to experience accelerated growth in the second quarter of FY 2024-25, the Reserve Bank of India said in its September Bulletin released on Friday.
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RBI to focus on disinflation, food inflation sticky to core, says RBI's MP
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Das said, "Inflation is gradually trending down, but the pace is slow and uneven. The durable alignment of inflation to the target of 4.0 per cent is still some distance away. Persistent food inflation is imparting stickiness to headline inflation. Inflation expectations need to be kept a
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Prospects for Indian agriculture are brightening: RBI monthly bulletin
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The prospects for Indian agriculture are brightening with the early landfall of the southwest monsoon, highlights the monthly bulletin released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday.
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March 2024 retail inflation hits 10-month low at 4.85 per cent; Experts ca
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Sinha and Jasrai stated, "March 2024 retail inflation at 4.85 per cent was 10 months low and was on expected lines. Retail inflation now for 54 consecutive months and 18 quarters is higher than the RBI inflation target of 4.0 per cent. While the headline inflation is trending downwards, the
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Retail inflation expected to come down to 5 pc by March: SBI report
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Once the CPI comes under control for fruits, vegetables, spices, and cereals, headline inflation is expected to drastically reduce to come near the mid-point of the RBI inflation target of 4 per cent, said SBI Research in a report.
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Inflation concerns serious, masks true hardships of people: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Soon after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest monetary policy review meeting flagged concerns about high inflation as the headline inflation numbers are above the central bank's upper tolerance limit of 6 per cent, Congress has said it "masks the true hardships" faced by people, p
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India's inflation in 2023-24 seen averaging near RBI's 6 pc upper band: Fi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Fitch Ratings forecasts India's headline inflation to decline, but remain near the upper end of the Reserve Bank of India's 2-6 per cent target band, averaging 5.8 per cent in 2023-24 from 6.7 per cent last year.
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