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Revised CPI basket signals shift toward services, lower food weight, infla
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with base year 2024 reflects significant structural changes in consumption patterns and inflation measurement, but is unlikely to materially alter the overall inflation outlook, according to a report by SBI Research.
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Experts see RBI's rate pause as balanced move, says focus shifts to liquid
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Economists and market experts on Friday said the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent and maintain a neutral stance was largely in line with expectations, with many highlighting a likely shift in policy focus towards liquidity managem
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RBI Governor considered benign inflation outlook for rate cut: MPC Minutes
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Considering the benign inflation outlook - headline as well as core - real interest rates need to be lower. Therefore, I vote for a 25-bps rate cut. This will also stimulate demand and be growth-supportive," the statement from the RBI Governor said in the minutes.
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RBI Governor revises inflation outlook downward to 2% for FY26, reducing 0
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday revised the inflation outlook for the current financial year FY26, projecting CPI inflation at 2 per cent, marking a reduction of 0.6 per cent from its earlier projection.
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Domestic 10 yr govt bond yield to trade in 6.48-6.58% range in Nov, downwa
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The domestic 10-year government bond yield is expected to trade in the range of 6.48-6.58 per cent in the current month, with a slight downward bias due to higher foreign institutional investor (FII) inflows, according to a report by Bank of Baroda.
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Robust 11.3% surge in Kharif sowing bodes well for inflation outlook in 20
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Kharif sowing in India is off to a strong start this year, recording an 11.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase and it bodes well for the food inflation outlook for the year, according to a recent report by ICICI Bank.
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Retail inflation to remain below 4% till December, FY27 will average at 4.
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India's retail inflation is expected to rise after December this year and average around 4.5 per cent in the next financial year (FY27), according to a new report by ICICI Bank.
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Industry leaders hail RBI's rate cut as catalyst for further boosting hous
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7: The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has taken a decisive step to revive economic momentum by slashing the repo rate by 50 basis points, bringing it down to 5.5%, while also reducing the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 100 bps. These moves, combi
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Metal prices likely to keep upward pressure on WPI in coming months: Union
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Metal prices are likely to keep pushing up the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) in the coming months, according to a report by Union Bank of India.
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Food inflation outlook turned decisively positive: RBI policy minutes
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The outlook for food inflation in India has turned decisively positive over the recent correction in vegetable prices, coupled with estimates of a record wheat and higher pulses production, the Minutes of the latest RBI monetary policy said.
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RBI set to hold first monetary policy review of 2025-26; all eyes on centr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The RBI typically conducts six bimonthly meetings in a financial year, where it deliberates interest rates, money supply, inflation outlook, and various macroeconomic indicators. The other five meetings are scheduled for June 4-6, August 5-7, September 29-October 1, December 3-5, and Febr
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India's CPI Inflation for February 2025 stood at 3.61 pc, a seven month lo
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
India's inflation outlook showed a significant improvement in February 2025, as the year-on-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate stood at 3.61 per cent, marking a decline of 65 basis points from the previous month.
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