The consumer price inflation (CPI) for agricultural labourers (AL) and rural labourers (RL) has surged to 7.02 per cent and 7.04 per cent year-on-year in June 2024, highlights the latest data from the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
India's retail inflation eased to 4.83 per cent in April, down from 4.85 per cent in March. However, consumer food price inflation surged to 8.70 per cent from 8.52 per cent last month, according to data from the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
The US' consumer price inflation slowed to 3.32 per cent in October, snapping its steady climb over for the last two months, CNN reported, adding that the decline has come as a huge sigh of relief for American consumers, who have been grappling with rising prices of essential commodities
The WPI index for all commodities was 152.4, with an inflation rate of (-)0.52 per cent, primary articles category witnessed an inflation rate of 6.34 per cent, with a WPI index of 189.6, the inflation rate for fuel and power was at 2.96 per cent, with a WPI index of 149.6, manufactured prod
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.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): Amid the existing economic crisis in the country, the Sri Lanka Ministry of Water Supply announced to increase the water tariffs with effect from September 1, a gazette notice from the Ministry stated.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): Sri Lanka is ranked fifth among the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the world, according to the latest World Bank assessment.
New York [US], July 8 (ANI): With the war in Ukraine dragging on, countries already under pressure from the knock-off effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic crisis as Sri Lanka, the UN said on Thursday as it advised the international community to introduce radical fin
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): The Indian stock markets key indices rallied for the second consecutive day on Thursday with the benchmark Sensex surging 427 points led by strong buying support in metal, consumer durables, and banking & financial stocks amid positive global c
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): The Indian stock market's benchmark Sensex surged 412 points in the afternoon session on Thursday led by strong buying support in consumer durables, banking and financial stocks as softening crude oil prices helped ease inflation worries.