What is Inflation

Developments such as Covid-induced lockdowns and the Russia-Ukraine war have also played a crucial role in keeping the inflation rate elevated

Food inflation, which accounts for nearly half of the overall consumer price basket, is expected to have moderated due to falling vegetable prices, offset in part by surging cereal prices

CLOSING BELL: Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Nestle India, HUL, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, and SBI were the top laggards on the Sensex index

As the inflation rate declines, India has paused its interest rate hikes and there is optimism in the air that we have crossed the cyclical hump of a slowdown and should enjoy strong growth

The quantity of crude that India imported was 6 per cent lower in 2021-22 at 212 million tonnes compared to 2018-19

Inflation remains a worry in the world's fifth-largest economy but, at the moment, no risk is seen for financial sector stability

The Rajasthan government will organise camps in urban wards and villages from April 24 to highlight its public welfare and inflation relief schemes, it said in a statement on Saturday

The survey showed that household spending was buoyant on the back of higher essential and non-essential spending

Forecasts ranged from 5.40% to 6.40%, with a quarter of survey respondents predicting inflation above 6.00%. It was 6.52% in January and spent most of last year above 6.00%

The RBI has not used the word stickiness in its policy statement while characterising core inflation, but instead used "unyielding core inflation"

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman welcomes RBI decision, says it has taken a 'good call'

The RBI has paused because it wants to evaluate the cumulative impact of the past rate hikes

Das said RBI is keen to assess the cumulative impact of the rate actions done till now

Volatility in global financial market has potential upsides for imported inflation, says committee

For the June quarter, the retail inflation is expected to average 5.1%, and rise to 5.4% each in the September and December quarter

RBI governor makes it clear that if required, MPC could hike rates in future meetings

With the US and Indonesian central banks seen approaching the end of their respective hiking cycles, inflows looking for higher carry returns are likely to keep increasing in the second quarter

Policy decisions this week from some of the Reserve Bank of India's global peers offer a good reason for the split

Dragged down by a sharp slump in the fourth quarter, world trade volume grew by 2.7 per cent, "a smaller-than-expected increase"

Retail inflation rose 6.44% year-on-year in February, easing from 6.52% in January but has remained above the RBI's mandated target range of 2%-6% for 10 out of the last 12 readings