CPI Inflation Retreated To A Four Month-Low Of 5.3% In August: CARE Ratings

CPI Inflation Retreated To A Four Month-Low Of 5.3% In August: CARE Ratings

A customer holds a bundle of Indian rupee banknotes of various denominations at the Margoa wholesale fish market in Margo, Goa. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

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CARE Ratings Research Report

India’s headline inflation as measured by the consumer price index retreated to a four month-low of 5.3% in August 2021 from 5.59% in the previous month.

This inflation reading is lower than our projection of 5.6%.

Retail inflation inched up by 0.25% on a month-on-month basis. The inflation reading for the current month comes over a high base of 6.69% in August 2020.

Inflationary pressures in the economy have been cooling after recording a notable increase to 6.3% in May 2021 breaching the upper band of Reserve Bank of India’s flexible inflation target range of 2%-6%.

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