It is used to measure inflation and indicates the cost of living for consumers. CPI is calculated by selecting a basket of goods and services that represent typical consumer purchases and tracking ...

New Delhi: India's retail inflation eased to a four-month low in December, driven by a slower increase in food prices, according to provisional government data released on Monday. Retail inflation ...

India's consumer price index-based inflation moderated to 5.22% in December from 5.48% in November, according to data from the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on Monday. A Bloomberg ...

A lower food weightage would make retail inflation less volatile, given that food prices often lead to sharp swings in inflation data. The 2023-24 Economic Survey had also proposed excluding food ...

Monetary policy adjustments, including rate cuts, are likely to support economic stability and help the Reserve Bank of India maintain inflation within its target range.

The housing inflation rate saw a slight decline. For December 2024, it was 2.71% as compared to 2.87% in November 2024, according to government data. Last month, the Reserve Bank of India revised its ...

The Economic Survey 2024-25 has highlighted that food prices in India have remained high, even though overall inflation has come down. Retail inflation, which was 5.4% in the last financial year ...

NEW DELHI: The food inflation rate in India has remained firm over the past ... harvest of some food items," the report read. Citing data from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the ...

But low unemployment and strong job growth have a downside: A robust job market can drive higher inflation, setting the Federal Reserve on a course to try to reduce it — which can mean a longer ...

Paras Jasrai, senior economic analyst, India Ratings & Research, said the growth trajectory appears to be picking up in Q3 FY25 based on incoming high-frequency data. This should give the MPC policy ...

In the final inflation print before the Union Budget for 2025-26 is presented, followed by the first review of the monetary policy led by the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI ...