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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Inflation drops to 5-year low

Inflation drops to 5-year low

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published Published on Nov 14, 2014   modified Modified on Nov 14, 2014
-PTI

Continuing decline in food prices, including vegetables, pulled wholesale price inflation to a five-year low of 1.77 per cent in October.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation was at 2.38 per cent in September and 7.24 per cent in October 2013.

As per data released by the government today, the food inflation fell to a nearly two-and-a-half year low of 2.7 per cent. Food inflation is on decline since May.

The sharp drop in WPI inflation, which fell for the fifth month in a row, came at the back of retail inflation declining to a record low of 5.52 per cent in October.

The rate of price rise in onion contracted 59.77 per cent as compared to a contraction of 58.12 per cent in September.

In case of vegetables, the contraction was 19.61 per cent, while in protein rich items of egg, meat and fish it was 2.58 per cent in October.

During the month, inflation in potato stood at 82.11 per cent, against 90.23 per cent in the previous month.

Inflation in manufactured products, like sugar, edible oils, beverages and cement, fell to 2.43 per cent in October as against 2.84 per cent in the previous month.


The Hindu, 14 November, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/inflation-drops-to-5year-low/article6598615.ece?homepage=true


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