The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 3.46 per cent in December 2018.
The core inflation rate (that seen in manufactured items sans food products) continued to be negative, at minus 1.7 per cent.
The previous low was in June 2016, when inflation was negative 0.1 per cent. Deflationary pressure on manufactured product prices
The annual inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), was at 5.54 per cent in October 2018
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), was at 5.22 per cent in September 2018
In August 2018, the WPI had risen to 4.62%
The government data said inflation in food articles was 6.15 per cent in July as against 6.98 per cent in the previous month
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The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was at 2.45 per cent in May. It was 5.68 per cent in June 2018
Economists said the monetary policy committee may not change the policy rate in next month's meeting
Retail inflation, as per data released last week, slipped to a five-month low of 4.28 per cent in March on account of decline in food prices
Wholesale eggs, meat & fish inflation at -0.22% against 0.37%
Wholesale food inflation declined from 6.06% in November to 4.72% in December
In the first three quarters of this fiscal year, WPI inflation has averaged 2.9 per cent, compared with 0.7 per cent in the corresponding period a year ago
WPI-based inflation was at an eight-month high in November 2017