Wholesale inflation in India based on the Wholesale Price Index turned negative in April at (-) 0.92 per cent, official data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed.
Retail inflation in India having moderated sharply in April substantiated the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to pause the repo rate in its first 2023 monetary policy meeting, according to SBI Research.
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 Reserve Bank of India, in its monthly bulletin on Tuesday, noted that consumer price inflation (or retail inflation) in India remained high while core inflation defied to reflect the softening of various input costs.
Notably, wholesale inflation in India based on the Wholesale Price Index continued to moderate and was at 3.85 per cent (provisional) in February 2023, against the previous month's 4.73 per cent. Overall wholesale inflation was at 8.39 in October and has been falling since then. Notably, the
Wholesale inflation in India based on the Wholesale Price Index continued to moderate and was at 3.85 per cent (provisional) in February 2023, against the previous month's 4.73 per cent, official data showed on Tuesday.
Retail inflation in India fell marginally but remained above RBI's 6 per cent upper tolerance band for the second straight month in February, with the Consumer Price Index pegged at 6.44 per cent, government data showed.
Retail inflation in India remained above RBI's upper tolerance band for the second straight month in February 2023, with the Consumer Price Index pegged at 6.44 per cent, government data released on Monday showed.
India's retail inflation rate based on Consumer Price Index was 5.88 per cent in November from 6.77 per cent during October. Retail inflation in India had remained above 6 per cent till October for over three quarters, which was beyond RBI's comfort zone.
Inflation in India has moderated recently but it is "certainly not out", said the Reserve Bank of India's monthly bulletin released on Tuesday, adding that the price rise has "broadened and become stubborn".