Consumer sector companies are unlikely to pass on the benefits of reduced raw material prices to the end customers and instead use this opportunity to improve their gross profit margins, according to a report by Nomura, a global financial services firm.
Gujarat's annual retail inflation rate (based on the Consumer Price Index - CPI) for March 2025 stands at 2.63 per cent, significantly lower than the national average of 3.34 per cent by 0.71 per cent, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implemen
Retail inflation in the month of March fell to 3.34 per cent from 3.61 % in February, according to the official data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
Consumer price index (CPI) or retail inflation is likely to undershoot the Reserve Bank's target in the January-March 2025 quarter, opening more policy space for easing the policy rate, Bank of Baroda said.
Core inflation edged higher in February, mainly due to a surge in gold prices, but the stabilization of global edible oil prices and expectations of a normal monsoon suggest a favourable food inflation trend in the coming months.
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.
The annual rate of inflation based on all India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is 2.31 per cent (provisional) for the month of January 2025, government data showed Friday.
The country's retail inflation is expected to decline to 4.5 per cent in the last quarter (January-March) of the financial year 2024-25 (FY25), while the overall average inflation for the year is likely to be at 4.8 per cent, according to a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI).
India's retail inflation, based on the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December 2024, stands at 5.22 per cent, marking a decrease from the previous month.