India Consumer Price Inflation March

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  Inflation Likely Eased To 4.91% In March, A 5-Month Low: Survey

  India's consumer price inflation likely eased to a five-month low of 4.91% in March but was still above the Reserve Bank of India's 4% medium-term target as food price rises persist, according to economists polled by Reuters.

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  Retail Inflation Falls To 5.6% In March From 6.4% In February

  India's consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation eased to 5.6 per cent from 6.4 per cent in February, government data showed today.

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  Benign Food Prices Likely Dragged Retail Inflation To 3-Month Low In April: Poll

  Consumer price inflation was predicted to cool to 4.20 per cent in April, just above the RBI's four per cent mid-point target and down from March's four-month high of 5.52 per cent

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  Consumer Inflation Likely Fell To 5-Month Low Of 5.68% In April: Poll

  The May 5-7 poll median of more than 40 economists predicted India's annual consumer price inflation fell to 5.68% in April from March's 5.91%.

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  March Retail Inflation Hits 4-Month Low Of 5.91% On Lower Food Prices

  Consumer inflation has remained above the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target for six straight months.

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  Consumer Inflation Hits 4-Month Low Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Stays Above RBI Goal

  Consumer inflation in India eased to 5.91 per cent in March, in line with economists' estimates, official data showed on Monday, as the country entered the twentieth day of a nationwide lockdown to fight the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic. That marked the lowest level of retail inflation recorded since 5.54 per cent in November, but still...

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  February Retail Inflation Likely To Fall To 3-Month Low: Poll

  Retail inflation likely cooled from recent highs to a three month low in February, due to moderating food prices, but remained above the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) target band, a Reuters poll of economists found. Inflation eased to 6.80 per cent, significantly lower than January's 7.59 per cent, according to the March 4-6 poll of more than 40 ec...

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  Stagflation Threat Looms For Former World-Beating Economy India

  Economists are forecasting a rebound in growth to 6.2 per cent in the fiscal year through March 2021, although much will depend on how quickly global demand and domestic spending recovers.

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  Expect Another Rate Cut By RBI This Year, Say Experts

  Analysts polled by news agency Reuters had forecast that retail inflation will accelerate in March on slightly higher food prices but remain under the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4 per cent.

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  RBI's Rajan Says To Focus On Meeting 5% Inflation Aim By March End

  The Reserve Bank of India will focus on achieving 5 percent consumer price inflation by end-March, Governor Raghuram Rajan said, after the central bank expressed concerns over an upside risk to that target at its policy review on Tuesday.

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  Double Whammy: Inflation Rises, Factory Output Growth Slumps

  India's retail inflation eased to 5.39 per cent in April, data released by the Ministry of Statistics on Thursday showed. Annual consumer price inflation, which the RBI tracks to set its interest rate policy, eased to 4.83 percent in March from a year ago.

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  RBI May Hold Rates in 2016 on Inflationary Risks: Nomura

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to keep repo rate, or the rate at which it lends to commercial banks, unchanged in 2016, as Consumer Price Index-based inflation might remain above its target of five per cent by March 2017, Nomura said in a report.

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  Inflation Trend May Lead to RBI Rate Cut: Industry

  With wholesale price index-based inflation winding down to a record low of (-) 2.33 per cent in March, the industry on Wednesday said the trend is a clear pointer to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to slash key rates further to revive consumer confidence and boost investment, crucial to kick-start growth.

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  Softer Inflation Gives RBI Room to Cut Rate: Industry

  The fall in retail inflation in March to a three-month low of 5.17 per cent provides leeway to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to resume its rate-cutting cycle, India Inc said on Monday.

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  Retail Inflation Hits 3-Month Low, Scope for Rate Cut

  Consumer price inflation unexpectedly slowed to a three-month low in March, which could encourage the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to deliver another off-cycle interest rate cut to boost economic recovery.