Aditi Nayar

Seasonal factors, along with COVID-19 induced supply-side constraints and growing demand on account of the festive season, are expected to keep India's retail price inflation at an elevated level, consequently, eroding chances of a RBI lending rate cut. Leading economists...

India's sequential retail price inflation spiked in September to 7.34 percent from 6.69 percent in August, official data showed on Monday. Though non-comparable, India had recorded a retail price inflation of over 3 percent in the corresponding period of previous...

The COVID-19 induced supply-side constraints are expected to keep India's retail price inflation at an elevated level, consequently, eroding chances of a RBI lending rate cut. Accordingly, leading economists, pegged the range of consumer price inflation numbers for August at...

Base effect, along with sequential decline in food prices eased India's retail inflation during February to 6.58 percent from January's 7.59 percent. However, the consumer price index (CPI), or retail inflation, was at 2.57 percent in the corresponding month of...