WPI inflation at 9-month high of 1.55% in Nov on costlier manufactured items, food prices ease - Hindustan Times
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WPI inflation at 9-month high of 1.55% in Nov on costlier manufactured items, food prices ease

New Delhi, Delhi | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Shivani Kumar
Dec 14, 2020 01:17 PM IST

The annual wholesale price index rose in November, mainly because of an increase in prices of manufacturing items in the festival season

The wholesale price-based inflation rose to a 9-month high of 1.55 per cent in November as manufactured products turned costlier, while food prices eased.

A vendor sells vegetables at a retail market in Kolkata.(Reuters)
A vendor sells vegetables at a retail market in Kolkata.(Reuters)

The WPI inflation was 1.48 per cent in October 2020 and 0.58 per cent in November last year.

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This is the highest level of Wholesale price index-based (WPI) inflation since February, when it was 2.26 per cent.

While food articles saw softening in inflation in November, manufactured items witnessed hardening of prices.

Food inflation in November stood at 3.94 per cent, against 6.37 per cent in the previous month.

The rate of price rise in vegetables and potato remained high at 12.24 per cent and 115.12 per cent during the month.

Inflation in non-food articles was higher at 8.43 per cent in November.

Fuel and power basket softened to (-) 9.87 per cent in November.

The RBI in its monetary policy earlier this month had said that inflation will remain elevated, barring transient relief in the winter months. It had projected retail inflation, based on consumer price index, at 6.8 per cent in the October-December quarter.

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