Wholesale Price Index

Wholesale prices have remained above 1 percent since April

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 again reduces marginally in July, climbs down to 11.1%

The main driver behind wholesale prices in recent months, fuel inflation rose by a smaller margin of 26 percent in July, down from 32 percent in June. While this has cooled wholesale inflation slightly, price rise continues to be historically high.

June wholesale inflation slightly reduces to 12.07% from earlier record high

Wholesale prices have shot up as a result of fuel inflation which remained at a high 32 percent in June. Till May, fuel inflation has nearly doubled for three straight months hitting 37 percent up from just 0.6 percent in February.

WPI inflation rises to 2.03% in January on costlier manufactured items, food prices ease

The WPI inflation was 1.22 percent in December, 2020 and 3.52 percent in January last year.

WPI inflation at nine-month high of 1.55% in November

Food inflation for November 2020 is at 4.27 percent compared to 5.78 percent in October 2020

WPI inflation rises to 1.32% in September mainly on costlier food articles

Inflation in food articles during the month was at 8.17 percent, as against 3.84 percent in August, showed the data from the commerce and industry ministry.

Govt releases truncated April WPI inflation data; reports 10.12% deflation in fuel, power basket

As per the data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry, wholesale price index (WPI) deflation in primary articles was 0.79 per cent in April, as against inflation of 3.72 per cent in March.

Wholesale inflation at 10-month low, eases to 2.76% in January

Wholesale inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), grew 2.84 percent in January 2017

Change in base year for GDP a regular global practice: Govt

Change of base year to calculate GDP is done in line with the global exercise to capture economic information accurately, the government said today.

Govt increases stent prices by around 2%

Drug price regulator NPPA has increased price of stents by around 2 percent effective tomorrow after taking into account wholesale price index.

WPI inflation rises to 3.74% in Aug, food inflation dn to 8.23%

Food inflation fell to 8.23 percent against 11.82 percent in July. Vegetable inflation saw a sharp fall from 28.05 percent in July to 0.17 percent in August.

Indian economy to grow at 7.8% in 2016-17: Survey

Releasing the latest survey, Ficci said there has been a "marginal improvement" in growth estimate for 2016-17 as against the previous round and "this comes at the back of better performance of the agriculture and industry sector".

ICRA forecasts healthy revenue growth for road toll rates

"ICRA expects the toll rates to increase in the range of 3-3.7 per cent during 2017-18 - the highest growth after 2014-15, following significant de-growth in toll rates for two consecutive years," ICRA said in a statement.

High WPI to boost toll road revenues for FY18: ICRA

The toll fees are revised annually to adjust for inflation, as determined by the movement in the WPI, which links the revenues of toll road special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to movements in the WPI.

Wholesale price index will see positive growth in FY17: CMIE

The WPI will get into the "moderately positive" zone in the next fiscal, says Vyas. But this growth should reflect in the topline of corporates in the current fiscal.

After 17 months of falling, WPI now in positive zone at 0.34%

The primary articles index rose by 2.1 percent to 249.3 from 244.1 for the previous month. Prices of egg, fish and wheat were the only falling metrics in this group.

Whole price index seen trending down for April

Contraction in prices is estimated to be lesser on the back of hardening food inflation, reports CNBC-TV18. The WPI numbers will come at noon.

Ind-Ra pegs March factory output growth at 1.9%

Industrial production in March is likely to grow at 1.9 percent while deflationary pressure in the wholesale price index will moderate in April data, India Ratings and Research said today.

Ind-Ra revises FY17 GDP growth forecast downwards to 7.7%

"Despite favourable prospects for agriculture due to an above normal monsoon, industrial recovery is proving to be a drag on the FY17 growth prospect," India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said in a report here.

How SEBI is trying to curb speculation in agri commodities

Recently, Sebi announced an increase in margins for farm sector derivatives.

Feb WPI reported at -0.91%; food articles index down 3.2% MoM

Meanwhile, the ministry of commerce and industry has revised December WPI inflation to -1.06 percent from -0.73 percent reported earlier

Feb CPI, WPI seen easing off a bit aided by food

The CPI has risen for the past 6 months from 3.7 percent to a 17-month high of 5.7 percent in January 2016. However, it is likely to decline in February led by food inflation mainly on easing seen in vegetable prices such as onions.

Jan WPI at -0.9%, contracts for 15th straight month

Aditi Nayar, senior economist of ICRA expects WPI as well as core inflation to remain subdued for next couple of months unless there is sharp rebound in crude prices.

Industry urges RBI to cut rates as deflationary trend persists

Deflationary trend eased in December with WPI inflation moving up to (-)0.73 percent as food articles, mainly vegetables, turned costlier.