March Inflation Data

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  Retail Inflation Declines To 4.85% In March, A Five-Month Low

  Retail inflation declined to a five-month low of 4.85 per cent in March mainly due to cooling food prices, according to official data released on Friday.

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  Wholesale Inflation Falls To 1.34% In March, Lowest In 30 Months

  Annual wholesale-price based inflation (WPI) eased to the lowest in nearly 30 months, as input prices continued to moderate, government data showed today.

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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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  Rupee Closes In On 80-A-Dollar Rate; Ends At Another Record Low Of 79.81

  The rupee's collapse marched slightly ahead as investors waited with bated breath for the key US inflation data, which is predicted to show price pressures surged to a 40-year peak and further boost a rampant dollar.

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  Amid Rising Inflation, High Fuel Prices, All Eyes On Annual GDP Data

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected 9.5 per cent of GDP growth for 2021-22 and kept March quarter growth at 6.1 per cent

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  Government To Release 2021-22 GDP Data Tomorrow Amid High Inflation, Geo-Political Tensions

  Government will release the GDP growth data for the March quarter of 2021-22 as well as for the complete fiscal tomorrow on May 31, 2022

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  Inflation Surge In March Does Not Fully Reflect Ukraine War's Disruptions

  India's inflation data for March suggests spiralling price pressures, but that does not yet fully reflect the fallout of the Ukraine war, which has pushed energy rates and commodities' costs to surge.

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  Wholesale Price Inflation Rises To 4-Month High Of 14.55% In March, From 13.11% In February

  Wholesale price inflation rose to a four-month high of 14.55 per cent in March, against 13.11 per cent in February

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  Soaring Global Inflation Does Not Fully Reflect Ukraine War's Impact Yet

  Inflation has surged sharply in March, according to the latest data from India, the United Kingdom and the United States, but that does not reflect the full impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, suggesting that the risks are skewed more to the upside for price pressures globally.

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  RBI May Be Forced To Hike Rates Sooner As March Inflation Spikes To 6.95%

  The Reserve Bank of India may be forced to act faster on policy tightening after data showed retail inflation spiked sharply to nearly 7 per cent in March, and the fallout of the Ukraine war pushing energy rates higher was expected to add to the already spiralling price pressures.

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  Ukraine War And Inflation Hurts Asia's Factories In March

  Most Asian factories saw activity slow in March, as slumping Chinese demand and rising raw material costs blamed on the Ukraine crisis added strains to firms already suffering from lingering supply chain disruptions.

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  India's GDP Growth Likely To Improve In March Quarter? Key Indicators To Watch

  Q4 GDP Data Preview: According to a poll conducted by news agency Reuters, economists warned the outlook is either 'weak and prone to further downgrades' or 'fragile, with a limited downside.'

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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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  Wholesale Inflation Touches 8-Year High Of 7.39% In March

  The fuel and power prices rose to 10.25 per cent,manufactured products rates climbed to 7.34 per cent and food went up to 5.28 per cent in March

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  Retail Inflation Quickens To 5.52% In March

  Analysts in a Reuters poll had predicted annual inflation at 5.40 per cent for the month.