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TopicWholesale Price Index (WPI)

Topic: Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

Wholesale inflation slowed to 1.22% in December on easing food prices

The inflation based on Wholesale Price Index was 1.55% in November 2020, and 2.76% in December 2019.

WPI inflation rises to 9-month high of 1.55% in November as manufactured items turn costlier

This is the highest level of WPI inflation since February, when it was 2.26% even as food items saw softening in inflation in November at 3.94%.

Costlier manufactured items push WPI inflation to 8-month high of 1.48% in October

This is the highest level Wholesale Price Index-based inflation has hit since February, when it was 2.26%.

Wholesale price inflation rises to 1.32% in September from 0.16% in August

The WPI-based inflation appears to be moving in sync with CPI which shot up to an 8-month high of 7.34 per cent in September, mainly on account of rising prices of food items.

India’s WPI inflation falls 0.58% in July but food prices rise

Fuel, power basket inflation fell 9.84 per cent in July from 13.60 per cent in June. Manufactured products saw inflation of 0.51 per cent in July from 0.08 per cent in June.

Fall in wholesale inflation gives room to RBI to further cut rates

WPI inflation data signals weak demand & allows RBI to further cut rates to support an economy headed for first annual contraction in more than four decades.

Wholesale Price Index inflation falls by 3.21% in May, but food prices soar

Inflation in food articles during May stood at 1.13 per cent, as against 2.55 per cent in April, according to a statement released by the commerce and industry ministry.

WPI inflation rises to 2.59% in December due to increase in food prices

The price for food articles increased at a rate of 13.12% during December as against 11% in November.

WPI inflation drops to 3-year low of 0.16%, sparks talk of another repo rate cut

The wholesale price index (WPI) eased on subdued prices of non-food articles and fall in prices of manufactured items.

WPI inflation unchanged at 1.08% in August, reinforces expectation of RBI rate cut

According to govt data, the increase in prices of certain food items was partially neutralised by static prices of manufactured goods during August 2019.

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