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US consumer price growth cools in August, smallest gain in seven months

Treasuries pared declines following the data, while the dollar fell and S&P 500 futures rose.

Food items drag retail inflation to three-month low of 5.59% in July

Even as the food inflation rate dropped to 3.96 per cent from 5.15 per cent, certain items saw an elevated rate of price rise

Take adequate, long-term exposure to equities to counter inflation

In the short term, take on part-time work and postpone discretionary expenses to cope with this round of price rise which may not end in a hurry

RBI's renewed challenges

The second wave could increase risk for the banking system

Rising Covid-19 infections may hit RBI's inflation maths, say experts

Consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation rose to 5.52 per cent in March, from 5.03 per cent in February. Core inflation was at 5.7 per cent.

Tokyo core consumer prices post biggest annual drop in over eight years

The decline in November was the biggest since May 2012, when core consumer prices fell 0.8%

Japan's August consumer prices fall at fastest pace in four years

The core consumer price index (CPI), which includes oil products but excludes volatile fresh food prices, fell 0.4% in August from a year earlier

Wholesale-retail inflation gap the widest in vegetables and pulses

As a result, though consumers might have been paying more for these crops, farmers have gained little

Retail inflation will come down to below 4% only after Dec: SBI report

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate during August, the data for which is yet to be released, was likely to remain at about 7 per cent, said SBI Ecowrap

Monetary policy path

Central bank may not cut rate in the near term

India inflation likely edged up in July on higher food prices: Poll

The August 6-10 Reuters poll of over 45 economists showed Indian retail inflation rose to 6.15 per cent last month from 6.09 per cent in June

Retail inflation for farm workers, rural labourers eases in June: Govt

According to the statement, inflation based on food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at (+) 8.57 per cent and (+) 8.41 per cent, respectively, in June 2020

CPI-based inflation rose to 6.1% in June; food inflation eased to 7.9%

The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the headline CPI numbers after a gap of two months.

Govt releases truncated CPI data; food inflation rises to 9.28% in May

The government for the second month in a row released the truncated data on retail inflation in the backdrop of the lockdown following Covid-19 pandemic

Data deficiency

MPC will have to work with an incomplete inflation picture

Covid-19 impact: Govt holds back April CPI citing data collection issues

But it did revise the CPI inflation for March to 5.84 per cent from 5.91 per cent

Retail inflation slows down to 5.91% in March on easing food prices

The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.58 per cent in February 2020 and 2.86 per cent in March 2019

Salaries of around 30 mn industrial workers set to rise with new CPI series

The weight for food and beverages components will decline from 46% to 39% in the new series

January retail inflation at 68-month high of 7.59%; Dec IIP shrinks 0.3%

The index of industrial production (IIP) fell from a growth rate of 1.8 per cent, as the manufacturing sector slipped into negative territory again

Retail inflation spikes to 7.59% in January; December IIP at -0.3%

Retail inflation rose sharply to 7.35 per cent in December 2019.