The spike in the March retail inflation to 6.95 per cent followed by the jump in bond yields has ignited a debate on the extent and timing of RBI’s repo rate hike — which will make home an...
Inflation in the US soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out the pa...
Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, Bank of Baroda, said “Three of the components: miscellaneous, fuel and lighting and clothing and footwear are above average. Within miscellaneous, it can be seen...
Retail inflation in January hit a seven-month high of 6.01 per cent as it crossed the Reserve Bank of India’s upper threshold of 6 per cent. Hours before the announcement, RBI governor Shaktikan...
Inflation has started to rise again — triggering talk the RBI cannot further delay a rate increase however unpalatable this might be to the Centre amid the third wave of the coronavirus that has...
Retail inflation rate as measured by the consumer price index rose to 5.59 per cent in December from 4.91 per cent a month ago. Retail inflation has been rising since October 2021. In July too the rat...
Retail inflation accelerated to a three month high of 4.91 per cent in November because of a sharp rise in fruits and vegetable prices but remained within the tolerance limit of the Reserve Bank of In...
The Narendra Modi government suffered a double whammy on Friday with retail inflation rising to 4.48 per cent in October due to a spike in global crude prices and industrial production slowing to 3.1 ...
The Sensex slipped below the 60000 mark, joining other Asian markets as investors worldwide fear an impending liquidity squeeze by central banks such as the US Fed because of rising inflation.
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The hike in input costs along with rising crude oil prices are a source of worry on the inflation front but the recent fuel duty cuts should soften the price pressures, the finance ministry said on We...