Opinion | Use a bigger dose of fiscal stimulus to combat this crisis
4 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Use a bigger dose of fiscal stimulus to combat this crisis

Live Mint  

There have been several occasions when the Reserve Bank of India has had to confront the dilemma of tackling sliding growth and rising inflation at once. In March, governor Shaktikanta Das said that monetary policy would play an “avant-garde” role and do “whatever it takes” to protect growth from the impact of covid-19. After the global financial crisis of 2009, generous monetary and fiscal stimulus had pushed the economy’s growth above its potential and created a high-inflation environment. RBI has not given a numerical forecast of inflation, but stated that it is expected to nudge down in the second half of the fiscal year due to a favourable base effect. Recognizing this, Paul De Grauwe and Yuemei Ji noted in a Centre for Economic Policy Research discussion paper, “When uncertainty is extreme, prudent central banks should be guided by what they observe, and not by unreliable forecasts.” Crisil expects retail inflation to average 4.7% in 2020-21, with the second half at 3.4%.

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India’s retail inflation drops to 4-month low at 5.22% for December: Govt data
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1 day, 23 hours ago

India’s retail inflation drops to 4-month low at 5.22% for December: Govt data

Firstpost  

After a reduction in food prices, retail inflation eased to a four-month low of 5.22% in December, compared to 5.48% in November. Retail inflation eased to a four-month low of 5.22 per cent in December, as compared to 5.48 per cent in November, according to government data released on Monday. As per the Consumer Price Index data released by the …

India’s inflation likely eased to 5.3% in December: Mint poll
5 days, 10 hours ago

India’s inflation likely eased to 5.3% in December: Mint poll

Live Mint  

India’s retail inflation likely moderated to a four-month low of 5.3% in December, down from 5.5% in November, driven by the seasonal decline in food prices, according to the median estimate of 25 economists in a Mint poll. If the poll’s median estimate proves accurate, it would lead to an average of 5.7% in the October-December quarter, which will be …

Revise India’s inflation gauge but handle the revision with care
1 week ago

Revise India’s inflation gauge but handle the revision with care

Live Mint  

The remarkable insights into the changing pattern of household consumption thrown up by the latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 are of special relevance for a wide range of policy decisions. In recent months, Union ministers have expressed qualms over RBI’s apparent unwillingness to look through inflation driven by food prices in its formulation of monetary policy. In December, the …

India’s central bank should lead the policy easing cycle that its economy needs
1 week, 1 day ago

India’s central bank should lead the policy easing cycle that its economy needs

Live Mint  

The coming weeks will see two important policy events. “The hardening of input costs across goods and services and their flow into selling prices needs to be watched carefully," the Indian central bank said in its November review of the economy. This column had argued before the December meeting of the monetary policy committee that there is a compelling reason …

RBI MPC Minutes: India’s inflation-growth balance unsettled, food CPI to moderate in Q4; 5 key highlights
3 weeks, 4 days ago

RBI MPC Minutes: India’s inflation-growth balance unsettled, food CPI to moderate in Q4; 5 key highlights

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India released the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Friday, December 20, highlighting that India's inflation-growth balance is unsettled for now, and the rate-setting panel's priority is to restore that balance while continuing with its neutral stance a durable alignment of headline inflation with the target is achieved. The RBI, at its last bi-monthly …

RBI repo rate cut expectations build as CPI inflation moderates; Economists expect shallow rate-cut cycle from February
1 month ago

RBI repo rate cut expectations build as CPI inflation moderates; Economists expect shallow rate-cut cycle from February

Live Mint  

India’s retail inflation in November aligned with market expectations and remained within the Reserve Bank of India’s tolerance band. Analysts anticipate that the RBI could initiate a shallow rate-cut cycle in its February 2025 policy meeting, provided inflation continues to decline. Hitesh Suvarna of JM Financial anticipates that the next step in RBI’s policy action will involve a rate cut, …

DC Edit | FM, new RBI chief signal cut
1 month ago

DC Edit | FM, new RBI chief signal cut

Deccan Chronicle  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that inflation is a major challenge faced by countries around the world and that no country can solve it alone appears to have set an agenda for new RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra, who took charge a few hours before she made this statement. During the tenure of Shaktikanta Das, the RBI remained squarely focused on …

Retail inflation slows slightly at 5.48%
1 month ago

Retail inflation slows slightly at 5.48%

Hindustan Times  

Retail inflation rose to 5.48% last month, a slower pace of increase compared to 6.21% in October, data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed on Thursday. Despite the slowing pace of growth in prices, the Consumer Price Index-based rate of retail inflation stayed above the Reserve Bank of India’s 4% tolerance level, with two percentage points of …

Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November from above 6% in October
1 month ago

Retail inflation eases to 5.48% in November from above 6% in October

India Today  

India's retail inflation cooled to 5.48% in November, slipping below the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance band of 6% after breaching it in October. "High inflation reduces the disposable income in the hands of consumers," Das noted, adding that food inflation could stay elevated through the third quarter of FY25 before easing. Expected revisions could lower food’s weightage by …

Inflation likely eased to 5.5% in November: Mint poll
1 month ago

Inflation likely eased to 5.5% in November: Mint poll

Live Mint  

India’s retail inflation is expected to have eased to 5.5% in November from 6.2% the previous month, driven by a seasonal decline in vegetable prices, according to a Mint poll of 16 economists. Even if inflation moderated in November, it would still have exceeded the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4% in all but two months since September …

DC Edit | Will RBI tweak inflation focus?
1 month ago

DC Edit | Will RBI tweak inflation focus?

Deccan Chronicle  

The appointment of Sanjay Malhotra as the new RBI governor continues the long-standing tradition of IAS officers heading the Central bank, a quasi-autonomous body that decides the country’s monetary policy. Mr Malhotra took over the charge of RBI from Shaktikanta Das — the second longest serving governor after Sir Benegal Rama Rau’s stint of seven years and 197 days — …

It’s time for government to loosen fiscal belt, spur the economy
1 month ago

It’s time for government to loosen fiscal belt, spur the economy

New Indian Express  

The voices that support growth over fiscal and monetary prudence are getting louder, especially after the second quarter GDP numbers highlighted the fatigue that has set in in the economy. The next Union budget presents an opportunity to put out some bold measures—including a less aggressive fiscal consolidation roadmap and even tax sops, if needed, to send up a few …

​Staying the course: On the RBI and inflation
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1 month, 1 week ago

​Staying the course: On the RBI and inflation

The Hindu  

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee, in its latest bi-monthly review, has decided to maintain status quo on the benchmark interest rate of 6.50% for the eleventh consecutive time. India’s retail inflation, after trending below the median 4% target, for the first time in five years, for two months, spiked over September and October, with food prices leading …

RBI Monetary Policy: Inflation remains a concern; FY25 growth estimates trimmed-5 key highlights from RBI MPC outcome
1 month, 1 week ago

RBI Monetary Policy: Inflation remains a concern; FY25 growth estimates trimmed-5 key highlights from RBI MPC outcome

Live Mint  

RBI Monetary Policy: Highlighting sticky inflation and its impact on economic growth and consumers, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das announced a status quo on the repo rate and policy stance on Friday, December 6. The Monetary Policy Committee of the central bank, by a majority of 4:2, decided to keep the repo rate at 6.50 per cent for …

RBI must restore balance between inflation, growth
1 month, 1 week ago

RBI must restore balance between inflation, growth

New Indian Express  

Despite the disappointing slump in economic growth, the RBI on Friday left the benchmark policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent amid inflationary pressures. Maintaining a firm stance on inflation control, Governor Shaktikanta Das stressed that the central bank needed “more credible evidence” on the disinflationary process, which he said was getting prolonged and arduous. As Das rightly noted, there …

RBI must restore balance between inflation, growth
1 month, 1 week ago

RBI must restore balance between inflation, growth

New Indian Express  

Despite the disappointing slump in economic growth, the RBI on Friday left the benchmark policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent amid inflationary pressures. Maintaining a firm stance on inflation control, Governor Shaktikanta Das stressed that the central bank needed “more credible evidence” on the disinflationary process, which he said was getting prolonged and arduous. As Das rightly noted, there …

RBI MPC meet: Growth needs a boost, but will inflation hold back rate cut?
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1 month, 1 week ago

RBI MPC meet: Growth needs a boost, but will inflation hold back rate cut?

India Today  

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee began its three-day meeting on Wednesday, setting the stage for a critical decision on the repo rate, which will be announced on December 6 at 10 AM. The meeting takes place amid growing calls from experts and leaders for a rate cut to support India’s slowing economic growth. Piyuh Goyal has even …

Monetary policy review: RBI should stick to its price stability mandate
1 month, 1 week ago

Monetary policy review: RBI should stick to its price stability mandate

Live Mint  

One of the lingering effects of covid—‘long covid’—is that economic growth has begun to look a bit like the Sensex, albeit in slow motion. So, last fiscal year’s growth looked rosy in large part because growth in 2022-23 had flagged since 2021-22, when it was 9.7% but on a covid-shrunken GDP base of 2020-21. As the US Fed and major …

Monetary policy: Emotive choices and immediate response mechanism
1 month, 1 week ago

Monetary policy: Emotive choices and immediate response mechanism

Live Mint  

The RBI kickstarted its post-covid normalization of monetary policy in April 2022. Since then, India’s monetary policy trajectory had been moving forward without any humps amid well-aligned expectation of financial market participants, corporates, and the government. Willy nilly, the conclusion in such debates appears to be veering towards the notion that India’s Monetary Policy Committee is maintaining its policy rate …

RBI to keep repo rate unchanged at meeting next week, chances of rate cut in Feb increased: Report
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

RBI to keep repo rate unchanged at meeting next week, chances of rate cut in Feb increased: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi, November 30 : The Reserve Bank of India is expected to maintain its policy rate during its upcoming meeting next week, as GDP growth slowed significantly in the second quarter of FY25. It said "We anticipate that the RBI will maintain the current policy rate at its meeting next week, although the likelihood of a rate cut in …

India’s central bank should adhere to its inflation-targeting mandate
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

India’s central bank should adhere to its inflation-targeting mandate

Live Mint  

Less than four years after the government concluded its review of India’s inflation-targeting regime in April 2021 and opted to keep both its target and nitty-gritty—its target range, indicator, etc—unchanged, its view of inflation targeting seems to be shifting. After commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and then finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman called for lower interest rates, on Tuesday chief …

Inflation behaving more like a magician who tricks you again and again
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Inflation behaving more like a magician who tricks you again and again

New Indian Express  

The main culprit is food inflation, which jumped to 10.87%, largely led by vegetable prices that rose by a staggering 42.18% in October. As Deputy governor Michael Patra noted, inflation will likely encounter a hump in the near months largely due to an adverse base and one-off shocks to prices of vegetables, edible oils and gram. The fact that inflation …

‘Absolutely flawed…’: RBI should boost growth with rate cut, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal; Governor Das responds
2 months ago

‘Absolutely flawed…’: RBI should boost growth with rate cut, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal; Governor Das responds

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India should cut the key benchmark interest rates to boost economic growth and look through the food prices while deciding on monetary policy, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said. Growth needs a further impetus,” Piyush Goyal told the news portal, also stating that it's an “absolutely flawed theory” to consider food inflation while …

India trade minister says central bank should cut rates, look through food prices
2 months ago

India trade minister says central bank should cut rates, look through food prices

Live Mint  

MUMBAI, Nov 14 - India's central bank should cut interest rates to boost economic growth and look through food price while deciding on monetary policy, the trade minister said, the first time a government minister has backed calls to re-examine the nation's inflation targeting framework. Growth needs a further impetus," Piyush Goyal told news channel CNBC TV18 at an event …

October inflation wipes off rate cut hopes in Dec policy
2 months ago

October inflation wipes off rate cut hopes in Dec policy

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai:With India’s October inflation registering the fastest pace of rise in over a year, a rate cut in the December 2024 policy review appears ruled out despite a slowing economy, said economists. Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist at ICRA Ltd said, “With the CPI inflation breaching the 6 per cent mark in October 2024 and expected to exceed the MPC's estimate …

Spectre of food inflation haunts the economy again
2 months ago

Spectre of food inflation haunts the economy again

New Indian Express  

It appears that the common man will have to further tighten his consumption belt. Government data released Tuesday showed vegetable prices were the main culprit, as they shot up over 42 per cent in October from a year ago—higher than the 36 per cent rise in September. Coupled with oil prices rising 9.51 per cent, fruits, cereals and pulses, food …

India’s retail inflation surges to 6.2% in October
2 months ago

India’s retail inflation surges to 6.2% in October

The Hindu  

A 10.9% spike in food prices lifted India’s retail inflation to a 14-month high of 6.2% in October, from 5.5% in September, with prices of vegetables and edible oils escalating at a sharp pace not seen in recent years. October’s price rise pace marked a breach of the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance limit for inflation, with rural India …

India's consumer inflation at 14-month high of 6.2%, first breach of RBI tolerance band since Aug 2023
2 months ago

India's consumer inflation at 14-month high of 6.2%, first breach of RBI tolerance band since Aug 2023

Firstpost  

Last month, inflation had already surpassed the RBI’s medium-term target of 4 per cent for the first time since July. The October spike marks the first time in 14 months— since August 2023— that the inflation rate exceeded the Reserve Bank of India’s tolerance ceiling of 6 per cent. Upasna Bhardwaj, the Chief Economist at Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mumbai, said …

India’s 14-month high retail inflation fades hope of December rate cut
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2 months ago

India’s 14-month high retail inflation fades hope of December rate cut

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s retail inflation accelerated in October to its highest in over a year largely due to heated food prices, tempering expectations of a rate cut when the central bank’s monetary policy panel meets early next month. India’s retail inflation also breached the Reserve Bank of India’s medium-term target of 2-6% for the first time in over a year—which, …

Can October CPI inflation numbers alter RBI’s monetary policy path?
2 months ago

Can October CPI inflation numbers alter RBI’s monetary policy path?

Live Mint  

October CPI inflation: The spectre of inflation continues haunting investors as economists and experts expect India's Consumer Price Index -based inflation, also known as retail inflation, to inch closer to the RBI's upper tolerance band of 6 per cent. According to a Reuters poll of economists, a spike in vegetable and edible oil prices may have shot up India's CPI …

India's Economy Shows Satisfactory Performance in First Half of FY25, But Risks from Geopolitical Conflicts and Global Factors
2 months, 2 weeks ago

India's Economy Shows Satisfactory Performance in First Half of FY25, But Risks from Geopolitical Conflicts and Global Factors

Hindustan Times  

India's economy performed satisfactorily in the first half of the current financial year, according to the finance ministry's monthly economic report released Monday. However, the ministry warned of potential disruptions from geopolitical conflicts, rising geo-economic fragmentation and elevated valuations in financial markets of some advanced economies.

India's Robust Economy Maintains Stability, Sets New Fiscal Deficit Target
2 months, 3 weeks ago

India's Robust Economy Maintains Stability, Sets New Fiscal Deficit Target

Hindustan Times  

India successfully kept inflation within manageable limits, achieving the lowest point in its fiscal deficit glide path in the next financial year. The country's robust macroeconomic fundamentals, coupled with strategic focus on strengthening ties with nations that share strategic coherence, played a crucial role in maintaining price stability despite global economic challenges. The focus on debt management and fiscal consolidation …

'We Still Have Distance To Cover', Says RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das Amid Moderate Inflation
4 months ago

'We Still Have Distance To Cover', Says RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das Amid Moderate Inflation

News 18  

Inflation in India has moderated but still, there is a distance to cover, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday. “Inflation has moderated from its peak of 7.8% in April 2022 into the tolerance band of +/- 2% around the target of 4%, but we still have a distance to cover and cannot afford to look the other way,” …

Inflation control: India doing better than advanced economies like US and Germany, says SBI report
4 months ago

Inflation control: India doing better than advanced economies like US and Germany, says SBI report

Live Mint  

India has shown a largely successful inflation-targeting regime compared to advanced economies like the United States and Germany, reported ANI, quoting a State Bank of India research report. “India had a largely successful inflation targeting regime, compared to advanced economies like the USA and Germany,” as per the report. The SBI report cited government initiatives, Reserve Bank of India measures, …

Avoid haste on shift to core CPI
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Avoid haste on shift to core CPI

Hindustan Times  

Should India’s inflation targeting framework target the headline Consumer Price Index or just its core, namely, the non-food non-fuel part? REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo Inflation targeting, at a theoretical level, is supposed to use interest rates to maintain a healthy balance between inflation and growth. Because inflation targeting is a forward-looking exercise — higher interest rates today are expected to contain …

‘Abandoning RBI’s inflation target regime could be risky, counterproductive’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Abandoning RBI’s inflation target regime could be risky, counterproductive’

The Hindu  

The Reserve Bank of India's inflation targeting regime has worked well and need not be abandoned in favour of a more discretionary regime that could be risky and counterproductive, a new research paper has said. The paper titled 'Inflation Targeting In India: A Further Assessment' said the weight of food-price inflation in the CPI inflation basket should be reduced to …

Can the Reserve Bank of India rein in food inflation?
5 months ago

Can the Reserve Bank of India rein in food inflation?

Hindustan Times  

On August 8, the Reserve Bank of India announced that it had kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.5% after the end of its monetary policy meeting — it marked the ninth straight meeting of the central bank in which it held rates at the same level. The paper - co-written by deputy governor Michael Debabrata Patra - cautioned …

RBI maintains calm against global noise
5 months ago

RBI maintains calm against global noise

Live Mint  

The Reserve Bank of India’s bi-monthly monetary policy orchestrated on 8th August 2024 ensured that the “elephant” was deep in the forest before changing the policy. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee voted with 4:2 to keep the policy repo rate and stance unchanged at 6.50% and “withdrawal of accommodation” respectively. Like last policy, the two of the external MPC members, …

Food prices can’t be overlooked for inflation targeting, says Das
5 months ago

Food prices can’t be overlooked for inflation targeting, says Das

New Indian Express  

Das clarified that while the Monetary Policy Committee might overlook elevated food inflation if it is deemed temporary, the current situation of sustained high food inflation requires the committee to take it seriously. The Economic Survey, released prior to the Budget, advocated for a revision of the central bank’s inflation targeting framework by excluding food inflation. It argued that India’s …

RBI MPC 2024: RBI can’t ignore food inflation while framing monetary policy: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
5 months ago

RBI MPC 2024: RBI can’t ignore food inflation while framing monetary policy: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

The Hindu  

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said that the central bank can not ignore food inflation while formulating monetary policy. Mr Das said with “high share of food in the consumption basket, food inflation pressures cannot be ignored.” Further, the public at large understands inflation more in terms of food inflation than the other components of headline …

Flare-up in vegetable prices stalls overall disinflationary trend: RBI officials
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Flare-up in vegetable prices stalls overall disinflationary trend: RBI officials

The Hindu  

Consumer price inflation rose in June after three consecutive months of moderation due to a spike in vegetable prices halting a disinflationary trend underway in the economy, Reserve Bank of India officials led by deputy governor Michael D. Patra wrote in the July edition of RBI Bulletin. Headline inflation Headline inflation measured by on year changes in the all-India consumer …

Retail inflation at 4-month high, rises to 5.08% in June
6 months ago

Retail inflation at 4-month high, rises to 5.08% in June

India Today  

Retail inflation surged to 5.08% in June, rising to a 4-month high on an annual basis from 4.80% in May last month, as per government data released on Friday, July 12, 2024. "Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index number is 5.08% for the month of June, 2024. CPI data for June The inflation rate has stayed …

India’s retail inflation eases to 12-month low of 4.75 per cent in May
7 months ago

India’s retail inflation eases to 12-month low of 4.75 per cent in May

India TV News  

Retail inflation: Retail inflation eased to a 12-month low of 4.75 per cent in May as prices of some kitchen items declined marginally, according to government data released on Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index based retail inflation was 4.83 per cent in April 2024 and 4.31 per cent in May 2023. Inflation in the food basket was 8.69 per cent …

RBI monetary policy: MPC keeps FY25 inflation forecast unchanged at 4.5%
7 months, 1 week ago

RBI monetary policy: MPC keeps FY25 inflation forecast unchanged at 4.5%

Live Mint  

RBI MPC Announcement: The Reserve Bank of India maintained its 4.5% inflation projection for 2024–2025 with Q1 at 4.9%, Q2 at 3.8%, Q3 at 4.6% and Q4 at 4.5%. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Das stated that CPI headline inflation softened further in March and April, but that persistent food inflation pressures outweighed the benefits from code disinflation and fuel deflation. With growth …

Strong macroeconomic fundamentals will help growth: FM
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Strong macroeconomic fundamentals will help growth: FM

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Finance ministry on Friday said that strong macroeconomic buffers of India should help the real sectors of the economy navigate challenges poised by geopolitical tensions and continue growth momentum during the current fiscal. In its monthly report on economic review for the month of April, the finance ministry also elaborated about the Met’s monsoon prediction, inflation, debt sustainability, …

DC Edit | Cautious RBI targets inflation
9 months, 1 week ago

DC Edit | Cautious RBI targets inflation

Deccan Chronicle  

The Reserve Bank of India-led Monetary Policy Committee has once again kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Retail inflation hovered around 5.1 per cent during January and February 2024, which is a marginal decline from 5.7 per cent in December 2023. Food inflation — which is the most important focus area for the world’s populous country …

Both dovish and hawkish
9 months, 1 week ago

Both dovish and hawkish

Hindustan Times  

The first Monetary Policy Committee meeting for the new fiscal year has kept the policy rate unchanged at 6.5% and retained the stance of monetary policy as focused on the withdrawal of accommodation. RBI believes India’s GDP growth rate and benchmark inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, to be 7% and 4.5%, respectively, in FY25. After all, …

RBI Monetary Policy | MPC holds rate at 6.5% to tame inflation, FY25 real GDP growth projected at 7%, CPI inflation at 4.5%
9 months, 1 week ago

RBI Monetary Policy | MPC holds rate at 6.5% to tame inflation, FY25 real GDP growth projected at 7%, CPI inflation at 4.5%

The Hindu  

April 05, 2024 10:08 am | Updated 12:45 pm IST The Monetary Policy Committee on April 5 decided to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility unchanged at 6.50%. The risks are evenly balanced.” On inflation the Governor said “Two years ago, around this time, when CPI inflation had peaked at 7.8% in April 2022, the elephant …

Inflation still at 5.1%, but food prices rise
10 months ago

Inflation still at 5.1%, but food prices rise

The Hindu  

India’s retail inflation remained virtually unchanged at 5.09% in February, even as food prices paid by consumers resurged from 8.3% in January to 8.66% spurred primarily by vegetables, which rose at a seven-month high pace of 30.25%. Inflation measured by the Consumer Food Price Index accelerated from 9% in January to 9.2% for urban residents, while rural India experienced an …

Central bank work on lowering prices in delicate balance
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Central bank work on lowering prices in delicate balance

New Indian Express  

The Reserve Bank of India appears to be in its final leg of bringing inflation to heel. Though headline inflation is showing steady signs of easing, the central bank’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee is steadfast on retaining repo rate at 6.5 percent as any “premature move may undermine the success achieved so far”. As we navigate the ‘last mile’ of …

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