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Tag: Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
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India’s Wholesale Inflation Turns Positive at 0.52% in August, Ends Two-Month Decline
Kerala, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu recorded the highest year-on-year retail inflation rates.
September 15, 2025 -
India’s Wholesale Price Index negative in July, second month in a row
This marks a continuation of the deflationary trend, with the decline largely driven by falling prices of food articles, mineral oils, crude petroleum & natural gas, and basic metals.
August 14, 2025 -
Wholesale Inflation Likely Rose to 0.8% in June Amid Food and Fuel Price Surge: Union Bank Report
While annual food inflation moderated, the month-on-month food price index increased, pushing food WPI down to 0.60% in June, from 1.72% in May.
July 11, 2025 -
Wholesale inflation in India rises to 3.36 pc in June, Driven by surge in food and energy prices
The increase is largely due to higher prices in various categories including food articles, manufacture of food products, crude petroleum & natural gas, mineral oils, and other manufacturing sectors.
July 15, 2024 -
WPI Food Index increased from 5.52 pc in April to 7.40 pc in May
Economists often say a little rise in wholesale inflation is good as it typically incentivizes goods manufacturers to produce more.
June 14, 2024 -
India’s wholesale inflation rises from 1.26% to 2.61% in May, pushed by food, energy prices
The high rate of wholesale inflation in April was primarily due to an increase in prices of food articles and minerals.
June 14, 2024 -
WPI to be around 3 per cent in FY 25, say economists
The wholesale inflation for manufactured goods has persisted in the contractionary zone at minus 0.4 per cent YoY, though the extent of deflation has reduced.
May 15, 2024 -
Wholesale Price Index inflation remains benign: Industry
According to the Commerce and Industry Ministry, prices of non-food articles (-1.19 per cent) and minerals (-1.55 per cent) declined in April.
May 14, 2024 -
WPI inflation edges up to 1.26 pc in April
Inflation in manufactured products, with a substantial weightage of 64.23 per cent in the index, rose by 0.50 per cent to 140.8 in April from 140.1 in March.
May 14, 2024 -
WPI inflation edges up to 0.53 pc in March
The core inflation rate, which excludes fuel and food items, stood at -1.2 per cent in March in comparison to February’s figure of -1.3 per cent.
April 15, 2024
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