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Inflation edges up to 8.02 per cent
The annual inflation rate edged up by 0.01 per cent to 8.02 per cent in the week ended December 23 due to costlier manufactured products.
The annual inflation rate edged up by 0.01 per cent to 8.02 per cent in the week ended December 23 due to costlier manufactured products.
The point-to-point inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) for all commodities (Base year: 1993-94 = 100) stood above 8.01 per cent in the previous week and only 3.26 per cent a year ago. The WPI again fell by 0.1 per cent to 157.6 from 157.7 in the previous week and 145.9 a year ago.
The final WPI for the week ended October 28 stood higher at 158.2 than the provisional level of 157.7. The final inflation rate for the last week of October stood at 7.25 per cent as against the previous week's figure of 6.92 per cent.
Primary items continued its fall by another 0.7 per cent and manufactured products continued its rise by another 0.2 per cent, while fuel items continued to remain unchanged for the third consecutive week.
The index for primary articles' group fell to 161 from the previous week's mark of 162.2 due to 0.7 per cent fall each in the food and non-food items. However, the index was only 155.6 a year ago. Bureau Report
The point-to-point inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) for all commodities (Base year: 1993-94 = 100) stood above 8.01 per cent in the previous week and only 3.26 per cent a year ago. The WPI again fell by 0.1 per cent to 157.6 from 157.7 in the previous week and 145.9 a year ago.
The final WPI for the week ended October 28 stood higher at 158.2 than the provisional level of 157.7. The final inflation rate for the last week of October stood at 7.25 per cent as against the previous week's figure of 6.92 per cent.
Primary items continued its fall by another 0.7 per cent and manufactured products continued its rise by another 0.2 per cent, while fuel items continued to remain unchanged for the third consecutive week.
The index for primary articles' group fell to 161 from the previous week's mark of 162.2 due to 0.7 per cent fall each in the food and non-food items. However, the index was only 155.6 a year ago. Bureau Report