Wholesale inflation at a two-year low won’t be much relief for policymakers. The systemically more important retail inflation, at 6.44%, was still higher than RBI’s upper comfort limit. Govt and RBI have to quickly get India out of this high inflation, low growth phase—the worst combination for an economy.
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