CPI Inflation
Inflation, corporate profit trends key to economic growth: Moody’s
Global rating agency Moody's today reiterated its view that the country will remain one of the fastest growing large economies in 2016, but inflation and corporate profit...
Signs of stress: IIP plunges, CPI rises
After scaling a five-year-high growth of 9.9% in October, industrial output contracted 3.2% in November 2015, its sharpest drop since October 2011, as one-off factors like an unfavourable...
Editorial: Relook deficit-CPI target
Govt gets realistic as GDP slows, prospects worsen
Relook deficit-CPI target: Govt gets realistic as GDP slows, prospects worsen
A day after Niti Aayog Deputy Chairman Arvind Panagariya spoke of the need to relook the CPI-inflation target of 4+/-2%...
Retail inflation target under MPF could be revisited: Arvind Panagariya
The consumer price inflation (CPI) target of 4+/-2% for all years after FY16, set under a monetary policy framework (MPF) adopted by the government and the Reserve Bank...
Editorial: No more rate-cuts for now
Small consumer-driven recovery may not sustain
China Oct inflation moderates; producer prices fall for 44th month
China's consumer inflation moderated again in October, while producer prices declined for the 44th straight month, as falling commodity prices and weak demand add to deflationary pressure.
IIP surges 6.4% in August; retail inflation rises to 4.4% in Sept
Industrial output surged 6.4% year-on-year in August — the highest since October 2012 — showed official data released on Monday...
Column: Inflation targeting falters
India, being a latecomer to inflation targeting, must take note of pitfalls of the framework
Inflation set to move up as base effect thins: India Ratings
As the base effect wanes, CPI inflation will go up and WPI deflation will come down from the current levels in September, India Ratings said today.
Opportunity knocks, say North Block mandarins
Signal that economy ideally placed for next set of reforms
RBI likely to go for final 25 bps rate cut in Feb: BofA-ML
The Reserve Bank is likely to hold the pause button in its December policy meet, but may go for a final 25 basis points (bps) rate cut in February...
Power tariff hikes may help inflation in medium-term: Raghuram Rajan
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today said even though an increase in power prices to improve the health of discoms would hurt us in the short-term...
Column: RBI Governor—a no-mistakes job
Given unknown base effects and long & variable lags, can a monetary official ever get policy action wrong?
Cooling inflation boosts hopes RBI will cut rates
Retail inflation eased to 3.66% in August from a revised 3.69% in the previous month and wholesale price inflation hit a fresh low...
Editorial: Bigger case for RBI rate cut
CPI will undershoot January target by big margin
Stock market crash an aberration, macro fundamentals in better shape: SBI
The BSE Sensex has dropped over 2,300 points since August 17 and on August 24, the markets witnessed the worst-ever carnage in stock market, with Sensex crashing by 1,624.51 points as rout in Chinese stocks triggered a global
August CPI to fall further; RBI to cut 25 bps on Sep 29: Experts
Retail inflation fell to record low level in July and is likely to fall further in August, leading brokerages said adding that the Reserve Bank is likely to go for a 25 basis points rate cut in its September review.
Sensex ends 37 points up in a volatile trade, Nifty at 8,356; banking stocks up
All sectoral indices on the Bombay Stock Exchange opened in green. The BSE Realty and BSE Bankex were up over 1.5 per cent.
CPI at record low of 3.78% in July; June IIP rises 3.8%
At 4.3% in July, core CPI inflation remained higher than the headline CPI.
Retail inflation at record low, industrial output up
Retail inflation fell to a record low of 3.78 per cent in July and industrial production hit a 4-month high of 3.8 per cent in June...
CPI inflation to average 5.0-5.5% in FY16: Nomura
Monsoon has faltered after a promising start but inflation risks remain low and the CPI inflation is likely to average around 5.0-5.5 per cent in the current financial year, says a Nomura report.
India June inflation nudges up, May factory growth rate steady
RBI has targeted consumer price inflation at 6 percent by January and 4 percent by March 2018.
CPI inflation to be around 5-5.5% this fiscal: Nomura
On monetary policy, Japanese brokerage firm Nomura, said that the Reserve Bank is expected to keep rates on hold till 2016-end.
Retail inflation up at 5.01 pct in May
Retail inflation edged up to 5.01 per cent in May on costlier pulses even as prices of fruits and vegetables eased during the month.
Inflation slips, factory output slows; rate cut hope brightens
Retail inflation in April inched down to a four-month low of 4.87 per cent as prices of food items, vegetables and fruits turned cheaper.
