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A good monsoon will help sustain declining inflation

July 15, 2025 7:24 am

The outlook for food prices is also promising. During the southwest monsoon season, cumulative all-India rainfall has been 9.5 per cent above the long period average as on July 14

Inflation eases to 4-mth low of 5.22%; RBI may remain cautious, say experts

January 14, 2025 8:45 pm

With this moderation in inflation, experts said the new RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra may maintain a pause in the upcoming February monetary policy meeting.

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Retail, apparel dominate informal enterprises, employ most workers

July 06, 2024 12:45 am

The use of the internet for entrepreneurial purposes has increased by 7.2 per cent, indicating a rapid rate of digitisation in the sector, MoSPI said.

Retail inflation eases marginally to 1-year low of 4.75% in May

June 12, 2024 5:53 pm

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation was 4.83 per cent in April 2024 and 4.31 per cent in May 2023 (previous low).

The government has tasked the Reserve Bank to ensure inflation remains at 4 per cent, with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.

At 11-month low in April: Retail inflation eases slightly, rise in food prices continues

May 14, 2024 10:14 am

Inflation in the food basket was at 8.70 per cent in April, marginally up from 8.52 per cent in March, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).

Inflation cools to 10-month low but food prices under heat wave pressure

April 13, 2024 5:50 am

IIP at four-month high of 5.7% in Feb

Jan IIP growth slows, Feb inflation eases marginally

March 13, 2024 6:18 am

The repo rate currently stands at 6.5% and has remained unchanged since February 2023.

October retail inflation drops to four-month low of 4.87%

November 14, 2023 12:35 pm

Food prices are still being seen as a risk to retail inflation. Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) recorded an inflation rate of 6.61 per cent in October as against 6.62 per cent in September, which was revised up from 6.56 per cent.

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday stressed that the monetary policy must remain actively disinflationary to ensure that the decline in inflation from its peak of 7.44 per cent in July continues smoothly.

Rate cuts not on agenda, RBI remains extra vigilant on inflation, says Das

October 21, 2023 12:36 am

Addressing the Kautilya Economic Conclave 2023, the RBI governor also said price stability and financial stability complement each other and it has been an endeavour at RBI to manage both efficiently.

Inflation sticky but off 15-month high, factory output shows uptick

September 13, 2023 6:34 am

Meanwhile, factory output grew to a five-month high of 5.7 per cent in July due to strong performance of manufacturing, mining and electricity sectors, separately released data by NSO showed.