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    • Wholesale inflation eases to 0.13% in September as food prices fall sharply

      Vegetable prices down 24%, onion and potato see steepest declines; manufactured inflation stays steady

    • Wholesale inflation rises to a four-month high of 0.52% in August

      Economists see cooling ahead as GST cuts kick in. Manufactured products, which make up nearly two-thirds of the WPI basket, also rose to a four-month high of 2.55% in August

    • Wholesale inflation falls to 25-month low of -0.58% in July

      The decline in WPI aligns with the easing of retail inflation, which slipped to an eight-year low of 1.6 percent in July as food inflation slipped further

    • Wholesale inflation dips to 20-month low of -0.13% in June

      Wholesale food inflation slipped to a two-year low of -0.26 percent

    • Wholesale inflation falls to a 14-month low of 0.39% in May

      The data indicates a continued cooling of inflation after the Consumer Price Index (CPI), too, dropped to a near six-year low of 2.82% during the month

    • Wholesale inflation eases to six-month low of 2.05% in March

      Wholesale inflation has been muted throughout the year

    • Wholesale inflation rose to a two-month high of 2.38% in February

      Retail inflation declined to a seven-month low of 3.6 percent, with food inflation declining to its lowest level in 21 months

    • Wholesale inflation eased to 2.31% in January

      Consumer inflation declined below 5 percent for the first time in five months in January

    • Wholesale price inflation rises to 2.37% in December

      The trajectory of wholesale prices contrasts with retail inflation, which declined to a four-month low of 5.2 percent in December

    • Working group set up for Wholesale Price Index revision, mapping roadmap for new series

      The Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand-led working group will also recommend changes to the price collection mechanism and computational methodology

    • Wholesale inflation eases to 1.9% in Nov as food prices cool off

      Consumer inflation declined to 5.5 percent in November compared with a 14-month high of 6.2 percent in the previous month

    • Wholesale inflation scales 4-month high of 2.4% in Oct on simmering food prices

      WPI trajectory follows consumer inflation which rose to a 14-month high of 6.2 percent in October

    • Core inflation to stay down as wholesale prices of manufactured goods fall

      Within manufactured products, the principal sector that saw its WPI decline substantially month-on-month was basic metals  

    • Wholesale inflation falls below 2% for first time in four months in August

      India’s wholesale inflation declined to 1.31 percent in August compared with 2.04 percent in the previous month

    • Wholesale inflation eases to 2% in July

      The decline in wholesale price index follows the more significant decline in consumer price index below 4 percent for the first time in nearly five years

    • Wholesale inflation rises to 16-month high of 3.4% in June

      Consumer inflation had risen above 5% in June amid rising food prices

    • India's May WPI inflation at -3.48%, lowest in seven-and-a-half years

      Wholesale inflation data comes after the statistics ministry said on June 12 that headline retail inflation fell to a 25-month low of 4.25 percent in May

    • India’s wholesale prices ease to 3.85% in February on reduced fuel & power prices

      The WPI, the price of goods before they are sold in the retail market, has dropped considerably from 13.43 percent recorded in February 2022. The metric is also down from 4.73 percent in January.

    • Wholesale inflation in US slowed further in December to 6.2%

      The latest year-over-year figure was down from 7.3% in November and from a recent peak of 11.7% in March. On a monthly basis, the government said Wednesday that its producer price index, which measures costs before they reach consumers, dropped 0.5% from November to December.

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    • Wholesale inflation in US further slowed in November to 7.4%

      The latest year-over-year figure was down from 8% in October and from a recent peak of 11.7% in March.

    • WPI inflation edges up in Feb, stays in double digits for 11th month

      While the RBI's policy target is spelt out in terms of the CPI-based inflation, high WPI inflation is seen as a precursor to higher consumer prices as producers pass on rising costs to their customers

    • Why is WPI inflation at a 12-year high?

    • Will high wholesale inflation today lead to higher retail prices tomorrow?

      An RBI study has found that the long-run relationship between wholesale and retail inflation prints has weakened 

    • WPI inflation rate in November spikes to 14.23%

      The high rate of inflation in November 2021 is primarily due to rise in prices of mineral oils, basic metals, crude petroleum, natural gas, chemical and food products, the government said.

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