Inflation rate in food items remained elevated even as it inched down to 6.15 per cent in July
The revision of the base year would help in presenting a more realistic picture of the price situation and its impact on people
Inflation in 'fuel and power' basket in October spiked to 18.44%, from 16.65% in September
Official data shows sharp rise in food prices to 3.12% in March compared to 2.69% in February
Non-food manufactured inflation averaged 1% in the April-Feb period of FY17, while CCII stood at 3%
Wholesale Price Index-based inflation (WPI) slipped for the fourth consecutive month to 3.2% in November
Concern on demonetisation effect not buttressed by deeper look at CPI, WPI data for November, despite ostensible fall in pace or rise
This, despite fall in food inflation
Food index pushes inflation to 2-year high
Wholesale food prices last month rose 11.82% year-on-year, compared with a provisional 8.18% gain in June
Going forward, Nomura expects the uptick in year-on-year WPI inflation to continue
Push from food inflation, among others
At double the rate of 0.79% in the previous two months each
Rising food prices led to the significant increase; May's WPI was seen at 0.79%
Pulses inflation has remained in double digits since January 2015 and stood at 35.56% in May
Food articles inflation may be the reason behind the rise in inflationary pressure, which came in at 7.88% in May versus 4.23% month-on-month
The WPI is likely to hit the highest in three years on rising prices of both agri and non-agri commodities
Pressure points remained in food, inflation for which accelerated to 4.23% in April from 3.73% in March
In a report, BofA-ML said RBI is expected to go for a 25 bps cut on August 9
The global brokerage firm has a 2016-17 CPI inflation forecast of 5.7% in March 2017