Budget 2022: Wholesale inflation eases in FY21
The decline in WPI inflation was led by food inflation, which fell significantly to 3.15%, from 8.42% in FY20.
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Budget 2022: Food turns way pricier
Food prices have grown with steep rise in MSP; an expansionary budget to boost growth will take them even higher.
WPI shoots to 12.54% in Oct owing to food, crude oil, metals and chemicals
Highest increase in wholesale inflation since May; core inflation at an all-time high of 11.9% in October.
Is RBI running behind the inflation curve?
Amid fears over retail inflation, everyone believes that the central bank will continue to wait and watch as a rate hike is out of question for now. The June inflation numbers will be key.
Covid-19 disruptions may push up retail inflation
Amid state-wide lockdowns imposed to tackle the surge in Coronavirus cases, and supply-chain disruptions, concerns of rising inflation remain.
RBI pushes growth, focusses on liquidity management
At its first monetary policy review for 2021, the central bank kept key rates unchanged, while announcing several measures to manage liquidity.
Our objective is to support growth: Shaktikanta Das
RBI’s status quo on interest rates, guidance on inflation and GDP, and thrust on economic growth pushes equity indices to new lifetime highs.
RBI’s masked growth and inflation forecasts
The central bank has been quiet on its regular growth and inflation forecasts, citing the highly fluid circumstances, but it has given ample hints in its latest Monetary Policy report.
‘Covid-19 hangs over the future, like a spectre’
While directly mum on inflation and growth, the RBI’s latest monetary policy report warns that Covid-19 would impact economic activity in India through lockdowns and slowing global trade and growth.
RBI stays ‘consistent’ on rate and policy stance
At the last monetary policy meeting of FY20, the central bank kept the interest rate unchanged, with a warning to not read the ‘pause’ continually for its future actions.
