WPI inflation at 5.5-year low, falls to 0% in November

Last Updated: Monday, December 15, 2014, 12:18

Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) dropped to zero percent in November compared to 1.77 percent in previous month.

'48% of Indian households expect economy to worsen in 2014'

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 19:15

Nearly half of Indian households expect the economy to worsen this year and more than three-fourths fear that prices of groceries, fuel and other household items will go up in next 12 months, a report says.

Analysts see RBI holding rates on steep fall in inflation

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 21:28

With the more than expected fall in headline inflation to a five-month low of 6.2 percent in December, various analysts are of the opinion that RBI is likely to hold policy rates in its upercentoming monetary policy review scheduled on January 28.

Industry urges RBI to cut interest rate as inflation dips

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:45

Relieved by decline in inflation, the industry Wednesday urged the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates to provide a fillip to the sluggish economic growth at a time when industrial output has turned negative.

Sensex up 257 points to a 5-week high as inflation dips

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:18

The benchmark Sensex zoomed 257 points Wednesday to its second-highest closing level as inflation eased, giving rise to expectations the Reserve Bank of India will keep interest rates on hold.

Inflation dips to 5-month low of 6.16%, raises rate cut hopes

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 15:23

This is the slowest pace of price rise, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index, since July 2013, when inflation was 5.8 percent.

WPI inflation slows to 5-month low of 6.16% in December

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 12:22

Inflation based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) declined to a 5-month low of 6.16 percent for the month of December as compared to 7.52 percent in November.

Inflation to moderate in coming months: Arvind Mayaram

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 10:38

Inflation will moderate in the coming months but the country would need to bridge the demand- supply gap of essential food items to keep prices under check in the long run, said Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram.

Retail inflation for farm and rural workers rises marginally

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 23:11

According to the statement Inflation based on food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL are 14.73 percent and 14.54 percent respectively during November.

Realtors expect positive sentiment from RBI's bold policy move

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 15:02

Parsvnath Developers Chairman Pradeep Jain said the RBI has "acted wisely" by keeping the key rates unchanged.

Inflation hits 14-month high of 7.52% in November

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 17:30

Inflation as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI) is at the highest level since 8.1 percent in September 2012 and compared with 7 percent in October.

Inflation running higher than comfort: Raghuram Rajan

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 19:25

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said the economy was weaker than the central bank would like, but added inflation was also higher than what it was comfortable with.