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July CPI At 9.86% and Still Too High

July’s Consumer Price Index inflation showed that prices are still increasing at an alarming rate, even though the price change is less than 10%. Note ...

July 2012 WPI Inflation at 6.87%

July 2012 Inflation on WPI has come in at 6.87%, a lower figure than than the 7.25% in June. But these figures are revised constantly (like I noted last time, ...

Jun 2012 CPI Inflation Still in Double Digits: 10%

In more depressing news, India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is still in double digit inflation mode, with Jun 2012 going up to 10.02%. The graph has ...

Cannot Rely on First Cut Inflation Numbers; June 2012 at 7.25%

Inflation data comes riddled with past revisions that make the headline figure of 7.25% (an improvement over the 7.55% last month) feel like a farce. If you ...

CPI for May 2012 at 10.4%, Highest Since Sep-2011

Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index was a whopping 10.36%, announced yesterday, for May 2012. This is way higher than the Wholesale Price Inflation of ...

Huge Revision in March Inflation, May 2012 at 7.55%

May 2012 WPI Inflation came in at 7.55%. The shocker was that March 2012 inflation, which initially showed a downward dip, has been revised by 0.80% upwards , ...

CPI for April 2012 at 10.36% vs. 9.38% in March

Consumer Price Inflation has come in at a whopping 10.36% for April 2012. The March number has been revised marginally down from the first reported 9.47% to ...

April 2012 WPI Inflation at 7.23%

Wholesale Price Inflation for April 2012 came in at 7.23%, up from 6.95% in March. The graph looks like it’s taking a dangerous turn up. Feb 2012 ...

Mar 2012 WPI Inflation At 6.89%

Apologies for missing much of the charting and events of the last week. House hunting in Bangalore is a nightmare. I shall renew my energies into building ...

Feb 2012 Inflation at 6.95%, Flat Base Last Year

The headline number for inflation in Feb 2012 is officially 6.95% which will be revised in two months. The number hides two important points. One, that the Feb ...