Tue, Nov 12, 2024
Consumer Inflation Data: Official data released at 4 pm on Tuesday showed that retail inflation in the country—also known as consumer inflation—stood at 6.21 per cent in October, higher than 5.49 per cent the previous month.
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Tue, Nov 05, 2024
The Ministry of Statistics has decided to advance the timings of the release of data on Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) by 90 minutes each to 4 pm. Currently, each data set is released at 5:30 pm on the 12th day of each month under certain conditions. Data on CPI is released at 5:30 on the next working day if the 12th falls on a holiday and on IIP at the same time the previous day if 12th falls on a holiday.
Thu, Aug 29, 2024
The retail inflation rates for farm and rural workers were 7.02 per cent and 7.04 per cent, respectively, in June this year.
Fri, Jan 13, 2023
Stock Market HIGHLIGHTS: Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 recovered initial losses in the second half of the day in a volatile session on Friday, January 13.
Sat, Jan 07, 2023
Market Outlook, Market Next Week: The equity markets started the first week of the calendar year on a subdued note and lost nearly a percent and a half, tracking feeble global cues.
Wed, Dec 14, 2022
The recently announced CPI inflation came in at 5.88 per cent for November falling below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance levels of 6 per cent for the first time since January 2022.
Mon, Dec 12, 2022
Meanwhile, Finance Ministry on Monday said that steps taken by the government have helped in bringing down the inflation to the RBI's tolerance level of below 6 per cent.
Fri, Oct 14, 2022
The Dow Jones Industrial Average swung more than 1,500 points from its low to its high. The turnarounds were the biggest for each index since March 2020.
Tue, Sep 13, 2022
Retail inflation cut short its three-month declining trend and inched up to 7 per cent in August mainly due to higher food prices.
Sun, Sep 11, 2022
WPI is a key indicator to measure the average change in prices of a fixed set of commodities at the initial stage of a commercial transaction over a given period of time with reference to a base year.
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
The RBI on its part has front-loaded monetary policy response, with a cumulative 140 basis points increase in the benchmark rate so far with an aim to check high inflation which is ruling above its comfort zone of 6 per cent for the past seven months
Fri, Aug 12, 2022
India's retail inflation softened to 6.71 per cent in July from 7.01 per cent in June according to a data release by the government on Friday
Tue, Jul 12, 2022
Retail inflation dropped marginally to 7.01 per cent in June mainly due to slight easing in food prices, though it still remained above the Reserve Bank's comfort level.
Mon, Jun 13, 2022
World stocks fell towards fresh 2022 lows and the Japanese yen slid to levels not seen in nearly twenty five years as red-hot U.S. inflation fuelled worries about even more aggressive policy tightening for central banks
Retail inflation eased to 7.04 per cent in May, mainly on account of softening food prices, though it remained above the RBI's upper tolerance level for the fifth consecutive month, government data showed on Monday
Thu, May 12, 2022
Retail inflation hit an eight-year high in April on a year-on-year basis, driven by rising food prices. In April, the consumer price index (CPI) based inflation rate stood at 7.79%. This is the fourth consecutive month that it is above the limit set by the RBI. The retail inflation rate was 6.95% in March 2022 and 4.23% in April 2021. Food basket inflation rose to 8.38 per cent in April, from 7.68% in the previous month and 1.96% in the same month a year ago. Watch 'महंगाई की मार, हो जाओ तैयार!' with Mrityunjay Kumar Jha.
Fri, Apr 01, 2022
Dearness Allowance (DA) is the cost-of-living adjustment allowance that the government pays to the employees of the public sector as well as pensioners of the same. After the World War II, the DA component was introduced by the government. Here's all you need to know about the allowance and how it is calculated for each employee.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
S&P BSE SENSEX fell nearly 3 per cent on a total return basis in February 2022. It has outperformed developed market indices like S&P 500 (-3.00%) and Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (-3.29%). S&P BSE SENSEX has also outperformed MSCI Emerging Market Index (-3.0%)
Wed, Jan 12, 2022
Retail inflation rose to 5.59 per cent in December, mainly due to an uptick in food prices, government data showed on Monday.
Thu, Dec 09, 2021
"The upcoming impact from the hike in telecom tariffs, volatility in the price of perishable goods and any plausible supply-chain disruptions from COVID`s latest variant could negate the recent respite we had in fuel and global commodity prices," said Madhavi Arora, lead economist at Emkay Global Financial Services.
Tue, Dec 07, 2021
Business economists have ramped up their inflation expectations for both 2021 and 2022 compared with the last survey in September.
Thu, Nov 18, 2021
Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index-Agricultural Labour) and CPI-RL (rural labour) stood at 2.76 per cent and 3.12 per cent in October 2021 against 2.89 per cent and 3.16 per cent, respectively, in September, 2021, a labour ministry statement said
Fri, Nov 12, 2021
Retail inflation inched up to 4.48 per cent in October due to an uptick in food prices, government data showed.
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