February wholesale price inflation rises sharply to 39-month high of 6.55%
February wholesale price inflation rose sharply to 6.55 percent, from 5.25 percent in the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday.
Mar 14, 2017, 12:12 PM IST
January WPI inflation shoots up to 5.25% versus 3.39% for December
The provisional headline inflation rate based on WPI for January, 2017 is 5.25% as against 3.39% for December, 2016., as per government data.
Feb 14, 2017, 12:10 PM IST
WPI inflation inches up to 3.39% in December
Wholsale Price Index (WPI) inflation for December 2016 inches up to 3.39 percent, from 3.15 percent in the previous month, government data showed on Monday.
Jan 16, 2017, 12:23 PM IST
Inflation may further rise in coming months: India Inc
As wholesale prices inched up to a two-year high of 3.74 percent in August, industry experts anticipate a further rise in coming months, leaving little room for interest rate cut.
Sep 14, 2016, 16:24 PM IST
CPI has fallen down to 5.05%
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Sep 14, 2016, 15:45 PM IST
WPI inflation hits 2-year high of 3.74% in August
Wholesale inflation soared to a two-year high of 3.74 percent in August as pulses and manufactured items showed uptick in prices even as vegetable prices witnessed some moderation.
Sep 14, 2016, 13:28 PM IST
WPI Inflation rises to 3.74% in August
Wholesale inflation soared to 3.74 percent in August as vegetables, pulses and sugar turned costlier.
Sep 14, 2016, 12:30 PM IST
Hope India will continue to prioritise low inflation: Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, whose tenure at the central bank ended this month, hopes the process of cleaning up banks in the country will be finished and government will continue to prioritise "low inflation", even as he warned against low interest rates globally.
Sep 06, 2016, 10:41 AM IST
Patel to instituionalise policy changes at RBI: Fitch
Under new Governor Urjit Patel, RBI is expected to institutionalise policy changes initiated to curb inflation and clean up the balance sheets of banks, Fitch said.
Sep 02, 2016, 15:39 PM IST
Food prices pushes WPI Inflation to 0.79% in May; reduces hopes of rate cut
Wholesale inflation rose to 0.79 percent in May compared with 0.34 percent in April
Jun 14, 2016, 12:15 PM IST
Strong recovery in FY17 on consumption boost: Morgan Stanley
With both real interest rate in the positive arena and inflation under check, private consumption is set to pick up strongly, leading to a better overall growth, which will be better than the 1998-2002 recovery cycle, says leading Wall Street brokerage Morgan Stanley.
Mar 25, 2016, 15:29 PM IST
Moody's pegs India's GDP growth at 7.5% in 2016-17
The recent measures that now allow 100 percent foreign ownership in a number of sectors will foster further increases in FDI.
Feb 18, 2016, 10:48 AM IST
CPI inflation likely at 5.6-5.8% over next 2 months: Deutsche
Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is likely to remain in the 5.6-5.8 percent range over the next two months, Deutsche Bank said in a research note, predicting that RBI would cut the policy rate "one more time".
Feb 17, 2016, 12:04 PM IST
India's WPI inflation remains negative for 14th straight month in December
Food prices last month, however, gained 8.17 percent year-on-year, compared with a provisional 5.20 percent gain in November.
Jan 14, 2016, 12:35 PM IST
Cane arrears come down to Rs 6,681 crore till November 15
The arrears to be paid by mills to sugarcane farmers have come down to Rs 6,681 crore from a peak of Rs 17,301 crore in July this year, Parliament was informed on Friday.
Dec 11, 2015, 18:27 PM IST
Nomura sees India's GDP growth at 7.8 % and 8% 2016-2017
India is in the initial stages of a business cycle recovery with Gross Domestic Growth expected at 7.8 percent in 2016 and 8 percent in 2017, up from 7.3 percent expectation for this year, Japanese financial group Nomura forecast today.
Dec 11, 2015, 17:29 PM IST
Reserve Bank cautious despite pressure for rate cuts
Though the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to cut interest rates next week by a quarter percent to a four-year low, officials say concerns over prices make it likely to resist political pressure for significant easing in the coming months.
Sep 23, 2015, 15:06 PM IST
Rates should come down, but RBI final authority: Jaitley
Making a strong case for rate cut by RBI later this month, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said monetary policy plays an important role in stimulating growth and is hopeful that it will appropriately act with a sense of responsibility on this front.
Sep 20, 2015, 17:36 PM IST
RBI likely to go for 25 bps cut in repo rate: SBI Research
Benign food inflation, sufficient transmission of policy rates and the spread of monsoon makes a case for at least 25 basis points (bps) cut in repo rate by the Reserve Bank, says a report.
Sep 20, 2015, 12:29 PM IST
Rajan warns against chasing economic growth too fast
India must focus on keeping inflation low and avoid using monetary policy alone and short-term government incentives to fuel short-term economic growth, the country`s central bank governor said on Friday.
Sep 18, 2015, 15:29 PM IST
