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A good monsoon will help sustain declining inflation

July 15, 2025 7:24 am

The outlook for food prices is also promising. During the southwest monsoon season, cumulative all-India rainfall has been 9.5 per cent above the long period average as on July 14

Profit-booking leading FIIs to sell; investments yielding good returns: FM

February 18, 2025 7:19 am

Foreign investors have been relentlessly selling domestic equities since the beginning of 2025. So far (till February 17), they have offloaded Rs 1.04 lakh crore of local shares

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Retail inflation at 5-month low of 4.31% in January on easing of key food prices

February 13, 2025 4:26 am

Food inflation, based on the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), eased to a five-month low of 6.02 per cent in January from 8.39 per cent in December, the data showed.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 86.56, and fell to a low of 86.71 against the greenback in a highly volatile morning session. (express file photo)

Rupee gains 28 paise to close at 86.36 against dollar

January 16, 2025 3:57 am

The local currency closed at 86.36 against the greenback, witnessing the biggest single-day gain since June 3, 2024, compared to the previous close of 86.64, a lifetime low. The rupee touched a high 86.30 during intraday trades on Wednesday.

How to put PDS items, free social transfers in new retail inflation index: MoSPI asks experts

December 26, 2024 5:35 am

The contention is how to change the price of PDS items from a positive value to zero or increase the prices of PDS items from zero to some positive value in an ongoing series, or rather the big question about whether the free PDS items be included in the CPI basket?

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Consumer confidence declines marginally; households expect inflation to rise

December 10, 2024 7:32 am

The current situation index (CSI) moderated by 0.7 points to 94 in November 2024 from 94.7 in September 2024.

Why have timings for release of CPI inflation and IIP data been advanced, and the likely problems with this change

November 08, 2024 10:18 am

Some financial markets like the government bond and the foreign exchange markets, which are sensitive to inflation data releases, remain open till 5 pm and hence, may be sensitive to data released during market hours.

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Govt housing likely to be excluded from new retail inflation measure

September 26, 2024 9:02 am

Overall, the housing segment in retail inflation carries a weight of 10.07 per cent in the CPI. Government-provided dwellings are a subset of the housing segment. Rural inflation does not have any weightage for housing and thus, the entire weight is attributable for urban areas.

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Consumers expect rise in spending over next one year: RBI survey

June 09, 2024 9:39 am

Consumer confidence for the current period paused on its uptrend as sentiments on all parameters, except spending, recorded some moderations in the latest survey round, the RBI’s Consumer Confidence Survey showed.

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers eases marginally in January

February 20, 2024 8:26 pm

In December 2023, Consumer Price Index-Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Consumer Price Index-Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) was 7.71 per cent and 7.46 per cent, respectively.