-MoneyControl.com The rise in wholesale Inflation in March to a four-month high comes after data released on April 12 showed the more closely-tracked headline retail Inflation rate jumped to a 17-month high of 6.95 percent last month India's Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose to a four-month high of 14.55 percent in March from 13.11 percent in February, according to data released by the commerce ministry on April 18. The...
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What’s fuelling higher Inflation in rural India? -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Why are food, clothing and fuel prices higher in the hinterland? Will a good monsoon help ease the crisis? The story so far: The retail Inflation rate surged to 6.95% this March — its highest level in nearly one and a half years, capping off six successive months of accelerating prices for consumers. With incremental fuel price hikes only kicking in during the latter half of March, the full impact...
More »Waging war for sustenance -Aunindyo Chakravarty
-The Tribune Disruption in supplies due to Ukraine crisis may create food shortage, price distortions The war in Ukraine has become a war on the world’s poor. Russia and Ukraine, together, accounted for a quarter of the world’s wheat exports, one-sixth of global corn exports, nearly a third of barley and three-fourths of the export of sunflower oil. American sanctions on Russia mean it cannot sell its extra wheat in the global...
More »Retail Inflation Shot Up to 6.95% in March: Government
-TheWire.in It is for the third straight month that the retail Inflation remained above the Reserve Bank of India's comfort zone. New Delhi: Consumer price-based Inflation jumped to 6.95% in March, mainly on account of costlier food items, according to government data released on Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based Inflation was 6.07% in February. The Inflation in the food basket was 7.68% in March, up from 5.85% in the preceding month. It is...
More »Chief economic adviser flags US rate hikes, oil prices as headwinds for Indian economy -Shubham Batra
-ThePrint.in V. Anantha Nageswaran says he is surprised by Fed's hawkishness in hiking rates. With US Inflation hitting 4-decade high in February, Fed raised rates in March and plans more hikes. New Delhi: Expectations of the United States Federal Reserve hiking rates aggressively in 2022-23 to contain Inflation, and volatility in global crude oil prices as result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, are two strong headwinds confronting the Indian economy in...
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