-Hindustan Times The Wholesale Price Index (WPI), which acts as a proxy for producer prices, grew 14.23% in November, the highest since April 2012, the earliest period for which WPI data is available under the current series. Retail inflation in India rose 4.91% in November compared with a year ago. The rise was far from unprecedented. And of the 119 months for which data is available under the latest series of Consumer...
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Government bans futures trading in seven commodities
-MoneyControl.com India has suspended futures trading in seven commodities with immediate effect in its latest move to rein in soaring inflation. The Finance Ministry has suspended trading in futures contracts of some agricultural commodities for one year to reign in inflation. Trading in seven commodities - paddy (non-basmati), wheat, chana, mustard seeds and its derivatives, soya bean and its derivatives, crude palm oil and moong - has been suspended with immediate effect, according...
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-The Hindu Business Line Besides global factors, structural inflation, which is sticky, might be setting in. The RBI should be ready November readings for wholesale and consumer price index, the first at a three decade high and the second at a more modest three-month high, are a cause for concern. They raise questions over whether the Monetary Policy Committee’s projections for retail inflation will hold. A 14.2 per cent spike in WPI...
More »Retail inflation rate rises to 4.91% in November 2021
-MoneyControl.com The CPI-based inflation rate has increased on a sequential basis. It was 4.48 percent in October 2021. The country's retail inflation rate, which is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 4.91 percent during the month of November 2021, as per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on December 13. The inflation has increased sequentially, as it was recorded at 4.48 percent in October...
More »Vegetable prices soar in Kolkata after untimely rain damages crops
-IndiaToday.in Vegetable prices are on an upswing across the retail markets of Kolkata after untimely rainfall in the city caused damage to the standing crops. Kolkata: Vegetable prices remained on the higher side across the retail markets of Kolkata on Friday after untimely rainfall in the city damaged the standing crops. With the constricted supply line due to recent untimely rain, a massive demand-supply gap can also be seen in the city. According...
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