higher primary articles inflation continues to weigh on WPI inflation
India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation increased to 6.46% in September 2013 from 6.10% in August 2013. Meanwhile, the inflation figure for July 2013 was revised slightly upward to 5.85% from 5.79% reported earlier. The core inflation also rose slightly up to 2.06% in September 2013 from 1.97% in August 2013.The primary articles inflation moved up to 13.54% in September 2013 from 11.72% in August 2013. The inflation for primary articles was mainly driven by increase in inflation for higher rate of inflation for non-food articles and minerals.
The inflation for fuel and power group eased to 10.1% in September 2013 from 11.34% in August 2013. Meanwhile, the inflation for manufactured products rose slightly to 2.03% in September 2013 from 1.90% in August 2013.
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