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June retail inflation eases, but still over 6%
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SME Times News Bureau | 12 Jul, 2021
India's June retail inflation eased up on a sequential basis but still managed to remain above the 6 per cent threshold.
According
to the data furnished by the National Statistical Office (NSO), the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) slipped to 6.26 per cent last month from 6.30
per cent in May.
Region wise, the CPI Urban rose to 6.37 per
cent last month from 5.91 per cent in May, and the CPI Rural climbed to
6.16 per cent in June from 6.55 per cent in May.
As per the NSO data, the Consumer Food Price Index increased to 5.15 per cent last month from 5.01 per cent in May.
The CFPI readings measure the changes in retail prices of food products.
The
macro-economic data assumes significance as it is still above the
retail inflation range of the Reserve Bank of India, which has set a
range of 2-6 per cent for retail price based inflation.
The high retail inflation reduces the chance of the RBI to further loosen up the monetary policy.
In terms of CPI YoY inflation rate, pulses and products' prices jumped higher by 10.01 per cent in June 2021.
Meat
and fish prices rose 4.83 per cent, eggs became dearer by 19.35 per
cent and the overall price of food and beverages category was up 5.58
per cent.
However, vegetable prices declined by 0.70 per cent.
Besides the official data, the inflation rate for fuel and light was at 12.68 per cent.
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