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Retail inflation is not just about petrol, diesel -TS Ramakrishnan

-The Hindu Business Line Rather than cut fuel prices, encouraging farmers to step up cultivation of oilseeds and raising LPG subsidy and vegetables will ease food inflation  It is true that a reduction in the prices of petro products will result in a modest fall in the prices of various commodities. However, the reduction in petro prices will happen only when both Central and State governments forgo a substantial portion of the...

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As inflation soars, sale of low-unit price packs jumps; FMCG companies go for grammage cut, bridge packs

-PTI/ Financial Express Downtrading refers to the practice of switching from expensive products to cheaper alternatives by customers in a bid to conserve cash. FMCG manufacturers are opting to reduce product weight rather than price of items targeted at lower-end consumers, while resorting to single-digit price increase on some large packs and launching ‘bridge packs’, as they seek to overcome the impact of commodity price rise and unprecedented inflation. Besides, they are also...

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Bharat fuelling retail inflation -Shishir Sinha

-The Hindu Business Line Experts attribute it to higher cost of providing goods and services and more money under schemes Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for rural areas is higher than urban areas for four successive months with West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Haryana recording double-digit rural retail inflation in April. These are among the 17 States that witnessed higher retail inflation in rural areas. However, in Karnataka, Kerala,...

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Consumer Price Inflation surges to near-8-year high at 7.79% in April

-MoneyControl.com The CPI inflation print for April is above the consensus, with a Moneycontrol poll showing economists saw inflation rising to 7.5 percent The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) worst fears have been realised after data showed headline retail inflation surged to 7.79 percent in April - the highest since May 2014. At 7.79 percent, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation print for April is 84 basis points higher than the March number...

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Inflation-brace for aftershocks -Pranjul Bhandari

-Business Standard Goods producers have passed on more input cost increases than services producers Inflation is here to stay. It is currently affecting different groups of people in different ways. But as price pressures spread, everyone will be similarly impacted, leaving weaker growth and sticky prices which will outlast the commodity price shock. We answer some pressing questions. Have the global price increases fed fully into domestic food inflation? Not all the price...

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