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Retail inflation likely to ease in coming months: Finance ministry

The MER, however, warned that the global macroeconomic situation remained precarious and a recession in many advanced economies would impact India's exports

We should see core inflation dipping: RBI MPC member Ashima Goyal

Core inflation is calculated by largely stripping away the volatile components of food and fuel. Goyal was referring to certain products that have linkages with oil prices

Risk of global hard landing, but India differently placed: Shaktikanta Das

Das had said earlier this year that the RBI was striving to ensure a 'soft landing' for the Indian economy while bringing domestic inflation back to the central bank's 4 per cent target over a period

UK inflation jumps more than expected to 40-year high as food prices soar

The Consumer Prices Index rose 10.1% last month from 9.9% the month before, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday.

Why this is not the time to take on very long-term fixed deposit investment

For periods longer than 3 years, it is a good idea to explore debt mutual funds that offer indexation benefits and lower the tax outgo

Indices rebound on global cues despite high US inflation; Sensex rises 1.2%

Dip in dollar, bonds, and oversold markets boost global equities

As MPC fails on CPI mandate, RBI's growth-inflation balance gets trickier

The central bank will now have to provide a report to the government explaining the reasons for the failure and the steps to be taken

The limits of CPI: It doesn't capture the true cost of living

Consumer price index boasts of a rigorous and robust design, but there are quite a few issues with it

RBI policy projections: Sept inflation to hit five-month high of 7.6%

Central bank will have to write to government explaining the reasons of its failure to contain inflation up to 6%

Monetary policy preview: Front-loading rate hikes for macro stability

The current account deficit remains uncomfortably high as India's growth momentum outpaces the rest of the world.

Indians optimistic on growth outlook amid high inflation: EY study

They are shifting to new brands in search for value, says multi-nation survey

Bond yields drop, rupee logs biggest single-day gain since July 27

The rise in bond prices came despite an increase in India's consumer price index inflation, which strengthens the case for the Reserve Bank of India to continue tightening monetary policy

RBI Sept monetary policy review: Another 35-50 bps repo rate hike on cards

Terminal repo rate seen at 6%; interest cost for retail, MSMEs went up by Rs 42,000 crore says SBI report

Retail prices may continue to remain elevated even as wholesale prices ease

With wholesale prices galloping in double-digits since April last year, companies found themselves in a fix, raise prices too much and hurt a nascent recovery in demand or absorb costs and take a hit

China's consumer inflation moderates in Aug as lockdowns suppress spending

The consumer price index rose 2.5% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday, down from 2.7% gain in July

Managing inflation can't just be left to RBI: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

'Monetary and fiscal policies have to work in tandem; importing Russian oil part of inflation management'

'Think of the worst': RBI Governor Das nudges banks to raise capital

Inflation has peaked, expect CPI at 5% in April-June, he says

India better placed on growth-inflation-external balance triangle: FinMin

India is better placed on the growth-inflation-external balance triangle for 2022-23 than it was two months ago, on the back of government policy response and the Reserve Bank's monetary policy actions, the finance ministry's monthly economic review said on Friday. On the price situation, the review said in absence of any further shocks, the downward movement of global commodity prices along with the RBI's monetary measures and the government's fiscal policies are expected to cap inflationary pressures in the coming months. Softening of inflationary pressures in India is further on the anvil as the prices of important raw materials such as iron ore, copper and tin that feed into the domestic manufacturing process, globally trended downwards in July 2022, it noted. Headline retail inflation eased to 6.7 per cent in July 2022 from 7.01 per cent in the previous month. Despite global headwinds, the IMF forecasts India's economy to grow at a robust rate of 7.4 per cent in 2022-23, the .

China consumer inflation in July reaches 2-year high as pork costs surge

The consumer price index in China rose 2.7% last month from a year earlier as pork prices surged 20.2%

Latest RBI survey shows household inflation expectations eased 80 bps

Households' 3-month, one-year inflation expectations fell 50 bps, 60 bps