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Message to RBI in inflation numbers

PREMIUM

Barring any large supply-side shocks in the food economy, analysts believe inflation should be close to RBI’s target in the next fiscal year which will begin from April (HIndustan Times)

editorials

Published on Mar 16, 2025 08:00 PM IST

US inflation likely remained sticky-high last month, threatening rate cuts

US Labour Department is expected to report that in December the consumer price index rose 2.8% from a year ago, according to economists surveyed by FactSet

us news

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 02:30 PM IST

Rekindle the animal spirits

PREMIUM

Women shop for Christmas decorations at a roadside market in Ahmedabad, India, December 24, 2024. REUTERS/Amit Dave (REUTERS)

editorials

Updated on Jan 09, 2025 10:21 AM IST

Looking beyond the CPI numbers

Signage at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters building in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

editorials

Published on Nov 13, 2024 08:20 PM IST

Avoid haste on shift to core CPI

FILE PHOTO: A woman selects tomatoes from a vegetable vendor, at a wholesale market in Navi Mumbai, India August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo (REUTERS)

editorials

Published on Aug 27, 2024 09:08 PM IST

Economic Survey on retail inflation: ‘Government and RBI’s intervention helped'

A police officer walks past the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo inside its headquarters in Mumbai, India.

budget

Updated on Jul 22, 2024 01:30 PM IST

Core inflation at four-year low in FY24: Economic Survey

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the survey in Parliament on Monday. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Jul 22, 2024 01:07 PM IST

India inflation seen up in June due to soaring vegetable prices: Reuters poll

business

Published on Jul 10, 2024 07:55 AM IST

Inflation shadow on rate cut remains

PREMIUM

At 8.7%, food inflation continues to be the biggest driver of overall inflation. What does all this mean for the economy and policy at large? (Sunny Sehgal)

editorials

Published on May 15, 2024 01:23 AM IST

Inflation moderating, but can't discount risks ahead

PREMIUM

At 4.9% in March compared to 5.1% in February, the retail inflation elephant, to use RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das's analogy, continues to walk towards the forest. (MINT_PRINT)

editorials

Published on Apr 14, 2024 11:45 PM IST

Norway CPI Slows More Than Forecast, Backing September Cut

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world news

Published on Apr 10, 2024 02:25 PM IST

Both dovish and hawkish

PREMIUM

The current growth momentum of the economy has given some policy buffer to RBI in keeping interest rates high and (potentially) erring on the side of caution.

editorials

Published on Apr 05, 2024 11:49 PM IST

Food inflation limits choices before RBI

PREMIUM

Retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), for February was on expected lines at 5.1%. (MINT_PRINT)

editorials

Published on Mar 13, 2024 09:14 PM IST

What do rising gas prices mean for the future of US inflation?

Will February’s gas price surge propel US inflation even higher?(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

us news

Published on Mar 12, 2024 11:15 AM IST

Monetary policy has an inflation dilemma

PREMIUM

India’s recent inflation has been a tale of two prices. Food inflation remains elevated at 7.6% but core inflation has dropped sharply to 3.6% in January 2024

opinion

Published on Feb 26, 2024 12:10 PM IST

2023: A year of food-price and climate shocks

The country prohibited overseas shipments of wheat in March 2022, white rice in July this year and onions this month. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Dec 25, 2023 04:35 PM IST

India’s FY24 economic outlook bright, strong but global headwinds remain: FinMin

Union ministry of finance. (File photo/Mint.)

india news

Published on Oct 23, 2023 07:15 PM IST

High food prices may be the new normal

PREMIUM

High food inflation is more painful for the poor

editorials

Published on Aug 15, 2023 09:15 PM IST

Twin concerns lurk in the inflation print

PREMIUM

It is to be noted here that retail inflation had also dropped sharply to 4.59 per cent in December, mainly due to declining food prices.

editorials

Published on Jul 13, 2023 10:12 PM IST

Retail inflation cools to 18-month low 4.7%

Within food, prices of vegetables, egg, fish and meat and edible oils have seen a contraction. (PTI)

india news

Updated on May 12, 2023 11:42 PM IST

Inflation eases below tolerance band of 6%

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india news

Updated on Apr 13, 2023 02:20 AM IST

Don’t hit pause in the battle to contain inflation

PREMIUM

Achieving the inflation target will require the Reserve Bank of India to focus on exerting downward pressure on domestic inflation, especially now that high core inflation has become entrenched in the system (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

opinion

Updated on Apr 07, 2023 08:59 PM IST

Terms of Trade | What ails competitive capitalism in India

PREMIUM

Acharya, essentially speaking, is arguing that the state enforces greater discipline on capital to get rid of economic inefficiencies.

opinion

Published on Mar 31, 2023 07:57 PM IST

Many nations see new records as inflation bites hard: 10 points

A sign with exchange currency values of the unofficial so-called 'Blue Dollar' --generally quoted at almost double the official rate-- is displayed in the window of a store in Buenos Aires, on August 1, 2022. - Inflation for the first half of this year alone topped 36 percent in Argentina, and is predicted to reach 80 percent by the year's end.

business

Published on Aug 02, 2022 02:49 PM IST

Govt considers windfall tax on oil and gas giants

This is not the first time India is considering a windfall tax. Policymakers flirted with the idea in 2018, and before that in 2008, when oil prices were on a high, and many Indian oil producers made a killing. Both times, the idea was abandoned, after it was strongly opposed by private oil companies. (AFP)

india news

Updated on May 27, 2022 05:40 AM IST

Vegetable prices up 60 percent, retail inflation hits 5-year high

Core inflation – the non-food non-fuel component of CPI basket – has also increased marginally after declining for four consecutive months, even as the headline numbers were rising.

business

Updated on Jan 13, 2020 09:23 PM IST

Retail inflation at 5-yr high, crosses RBI’s comfort zone on soaring food prices

Blaming vegetable, meat and fish prices for the high food inflation, CARE Ratings Ltd chief economist Madan Sabnavis said that inflation should come down in January with the new onion crop in and prices moving down. (HT photo)

business

Updated on Jan 13, 2020 06:45 PM IST

Rise in CPI: How it impacts you

Price rise in essential goods over a long period hits those in lower income groups the hardest.

business

Updated on Jun 17, 2019 10:43 AM IST

Will the RBI cut rates again?

On Thursday, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India, which started its bimonthly meeting yesterday, will announce its decision on the policy rate

editorials

Updated on Apr 02, 2019 08:35 PM IST

Rate cut: RBI’s growth gamble

India’s central bank has traditionally been conservative. That conservatism means it usually back-ends rate cuts — waiting for the macro and micro to turn conducive before reducing rates rather than doing so in anticipation. This time, it has front-ended the rate cut.

editorials

Updated on Feb 08, 2019 02:42 PM IST

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