The headline figure for inflation – for Jan 2012 – has gone down to 6.55% over last year. Primary articles were at 2.25%, Fuel at 14.2% and Manufactured ...
At Yahoo, I write on Consumer Prices: A Better Inflation Indicator "Inflation is when you pay Rs. 100 for the fifty rupee haircut you used to get for 25 ...
Two things are expected of the RBI today, in their monetary policy statement. One, that it will not raise interest rates – a stance taken already in end ...
Inflation for December 2011 has come in at a 7.47%, miserably low compared to 9%+ figures we have been seeing lately. But the downside is that prices haven’t ...
Inflation at the Primary Articles Level is now at the lowest since 2005. (I couldn’t get the earlier data since it’s in a different base year) This was the ...
For the week ended 3 December 2011, Primary Articles Inflation contracted to 5.48%. This is largely food and a good crop has made prices come down. I believe ...
In a shocking development – not really – Monthly inflation for the month of November has come in at 9.11%. As for the components, notice that slowly the ...
For the week ended 26 Nov 2011, Primary Articles Inflation has dropped to 6.92%, the lowest since July 2009. As you can see it’s not just the rising ...
India’s Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) accelerated to a three month high in November 2011 to 52.3, from October’s 50.3. (This is a composite index, a ...
Primary Articles Inflation has fallen to 7.74% for the week ended 19 Nov 2011. This is the lowest since July 2009. There is both a high base effect and a ...