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Retail inflation at 18-month low of 4.7%

Retail inflation: Within the food basket, vegetable prices declined 6.5%, compared to a fall of 8.51% in the previous month. (PTI File Photo)
Updated on May 12, 2023 13:17 IST

Good wheat output can temper inflation

Last year, a prolonged heatwave in March crimped wheat output by 2.5% to 107 million tonnes, stoking shortages and food inflation, and increasing the country’s vulnerability amid a global cereal crisis due to the Ukraine conflict. (Raminder Pal Singh)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 14:32 IST

A numismatist and a law enforcer

Mumbai, India - April 10, 2023: Police personnel Umesh Kadav displays his collection of post-independent coins and paper currencies of India at his residence, in Worli, Mumbai, India, on Monday, April 10, 2023. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 19:36 IST

A pragmatic move by RBI

And at a time when rapid rate tightening — the interest rate has gone up by 2.5 percentage points since May — has especially pinched retail borrowers, the pause should provide some relief.
Published on Apr 6, 2023 14:04 IST
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