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CPI-based inflation eases to a five-year low of 3.17% in January

In December, the rate of retail inflation had stood at 3.41%, food inflation at 0.53%

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Impacted by note ban, retail inflation fell to multi-year low of 3.17% in January mainly on account of declining prices of food items including vegetables and pulses.

Retail inflation, measured in terms of Consumer Price Index (CPI), was at 3.41% in December.

Last month's inflation, down from 5.69% in January 2016, was lowest in at least over three years.

Inflation in vegetables continued in the negative zone at (-)15.62% as against (-)14.59% a month earlier, as per the data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

In pulses and products category also, the rate of price rise was negative

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