Wholesale Inflation

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In April, the wholesale food price index rose 8.9 per cent, while the consumer food price index rose 8.4 per cent

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While the steps have had the desired impact to some extent, experts have criticised them for burdening farmers and going against the concepts of open markets and 'atmanirbharta'

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WPI inflation rose marginally even as retail inflation measured by Consumer Price Index slipped to a four-month low of 5.30 per cent as prices of manufactured products spiked

The corporate goods price index, which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, rose 5.5% in August from a year earlier

The wholesale price index (WPI) inflation is at a three-month low but remained in double digits in this fiscal year so far

Wholesale inflation came in at (-)1.81% in June 2020, due to the implementation of a stringent nationwide lockdown

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Prices of primary articles were up 10.16% in April from -1.08 per cent a year ago; little scope for rate cuts, say experts

Hopes for policy rate reduction in near term dim even as economic uncertainty looms large amid the second Covid-19 wave

WPI shows divergent trend from CPI counterpart, which fell to a 16-month low of 4.06%

India's wholesale price based inflation eased to 1.22% in December from a year earlier, helped mainly by a lower increase in food prices

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As a result, though consumers might have been paying more for these crops, farmers have gained little

Wholesale inflation rises above 0 after 4 months

According to the government data, retail inflation rose to 6.93 per cent in July, mainly driven by rising prices of food items like vegetables, pulses, meat and fish

Economists said the low inflation had come amidst a low response rate, and was contrary to expectations of disinflation