Deutsche Welle/The Telegraph El Nino, a natural climate phenomenon that alters global weather patterns, has officially returned after four years, threatening to exacerbate already elevated food inflation. Growing warnings about El Nino have already helped coffee, sugar and cocoa prices to rise sharply in recent weeks, Germany's biggest private lender, Deutsche Bank, said in a research note last week. Other food commodities are expected to follow as harvests get impacted by severe...

Milk prices are expected to remain high this summer due to tight demand-supply balance and high input costs, said Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das at the first bi-monthly monetary policy of 2023 on Thursday. “Milk prices could remain firm due to high input costs and seasonal factors,” said Das. The RBI’s observation comes a day after reports stated that the government was mulling import of dairy products this...

-Deccan Chronicle Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Of India is concerned about the slow deposit growth and how banks would support double-digit credit growth amidst tightening liquidity. The issue was discussed on Wednesday when RBI governor Shaktikanta Das met managing directors and chief executive officers of public sector banks and key private sector banks. A banker who attended the meeting said, "It was a routine meeting that takes place half yearly. We discussed...

-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...

-The Telegraph Rising prices have now come to confront central banks globally, particularly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Mumbai: The RBI has brought inflation control to the forefront of its agenda. Pilloried for going soft on prices, the central bank sharply raised the inflation forecast for the year and warned it would withdraw its accommodative stance if inflation strayed too far away from the target. The RBI has been prioritising growth over inflation for...