- Determined by Consumer Price Index (CPI), the rate of increase in retail prices was at 2.33 per cent in November.
- Monday's data marked the fifth consecutive month in which inflation came in within the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) medium-term goal of 4 per cent, and supported its decision to hold interest rates in its last policy statement.
- The central bank had in December lowered its consumer inflation projection to 2.7-3.2 per cent for the second half of the current fiscal year, maintaining status quo on key lending rates.
- The RBI primarily tracks consumer inflation to formulate its monetary policy.
- Separate data earlier on Monday showed wholesale inflation, determined by Wholesale Price Index (WPI), eased to an eight-month low of 3.80 per cent last month.
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