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Sept retail inflation quickens to 4.41 pct year-over-year: govt

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Oct 12 2015 | 7:22 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual consumer price inflation quickened to 4.41 percent in September, compared with upwardly revised 3.74 percent a month ago, government data showed on Monday.

Economists had forecast consumer inflation to rise 4.3 percent last month. Retail food inflation for September came in at 3.88 percent, higher than a provisional 2.20 percent in August.

India's central bank estimates retail inflation to be at 5.8 percent in January 2016.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Malini Menon)

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First Published: Oct 12 2015 | 7:01 PM IST

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