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Consumer Prices Go Up at a Scary 9.84% in Sep 2013

Consumer Price Inflation for September was a huge 9.84% as policymakers struggle to find out what makes prices keep going up and up. The answer, in my opinion, ...

Wholesale Price Inflation for Sep 2013 at 6.46%, Uptrend Resumes

Inflation on the Wholesale price Index (WPI) has come in at 6.46%, up from August’s 6.1%, and showing a pronounced uptrend. The index graph has now inclined ...

The Wholesale Price Index Can’t Be Trusted

The wholesale price index (WPI) comes to you every month, and we tend to analyse its implications based on change from last year, or last month, or whatever. ...

Gold Returns Adjusted for Inflation Since 2007 are Stellar, PPF Not So Much

Continuing the series on adjusting things for inflation, readers complained that hey, I wasn’t really playing fair talking about just the Nifty. How about ...

The “Real” Nifty Adjusted for “Real” Inflation Will Shock You

I spoke earlier about how the Real Nifty – that is, adjusted for inflation and purchasing power drop – is now 32% below the 2007 peak, despite the ...

The “Real” Nifty, Adjusted for Inflation is 32% Below its 2007 Peak

When you adjust for inflation gains look terribly low. Inflation is how much your money’s purchasing power reduces. So you have to adjust for that, so ...

What Will Rajan Do Today?

Short Answer: Only Rajan Knows. Long Answer: Only Rajan Knows, and it’s useless to predict it. The pieces of data that Rajan will use are what we’ve seen ...

Wholesale Price Inflation at 6.1% for Aug 2013

Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation for August 2013 was at +6.1%, an increase over the previous month’s 5.79%, the highest since Feb 2013. This is ...

CPI Inflation for Aug 2013 at 9.52%, Food at 11%

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for August 2013 comes in at 9.52% which is a ludicrously high number when you consider that WPI inflation is just 5.79%. ...

WPI Inflation Jumps to 5.79% Which Still Looks Too Low

Even as CPI inflation was close to 10%, the wholesale price index based inflation for July 2013 came in at 5.79%, much higher than last month’s 4.86%. The ...