The dip in India's wholesale inflation was helped by the fall of Brent crude prices to $75 a barrel from over $92 in April. India's wholesale inflation rate was recorded at 1.31 per cent in August, but the prices of food staples rose sharply in the same month.
While formulating its bi-monthly monetary policy, the RBI considers consumer inflation. It notes that uncertainties surrounding food prices continue to exert influence on the inflation trajectory in the foreseeable future.
The data's release is closely monitored by economists, policymakers, and the public as it provides insights into changes in the cost of living and purchasing power for citizens.
Retail inflation: In June, retail inflation was at 7.01 percent and it stood at 5.59 percent in July 2021.
World Food Prices: The monthly index of food commodity prices fell 8.6 per cent in July, its largest one-month fall since 2008, according to data released by the UN agency.
The biggest price increases were for vegetable oils. The vegetable oil price index rose 23.2%, driven by higher quotations for sunflower seed oil. Ukraine is the world's leading exporter of sunflower oil.
Retail inflation rose to 6.3 per cent in May, breaching the RBI's comfort level, on the back of costlier food items, government data showed on Monday.
Retail inflation rose to 5.03 per cent in February mainly on account of higher food prices, government data showed on Friday.
It was decided to ask all the Chief Secretaries of states hold regular meetings with wholesalers, traders, importers, and exporters of such commodities at state and district levels especially during the festive season upto December.
The increase spanned covered all the food commodities except cereals, whose prices fell for the fourth month in a row amid large export availability and expectations for record global output in the coming year, said FAO.
Wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in India during April rose to four-month high at 3.18 per cent on increasing prices of petrol and diesel as well as fruits and vegetables.
Wholesale inflation fell to 0.90 per cent in June -- the lowest in at least eight months – as prices in food articles, including vegetables, declined
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