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Mumbai Gold Rate Today: The 24 karat gold rate above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark has become the new normal. Now, investors are struggling to digest how the unprecedented gold price rally has fuelled even 22 karat gold rate above the historic mark. Mumbai gold rate today, Tuesday, September 16, witnessed a sharp rally, smashing all expectations of some relief amid the festive season. The gold price rally in Mumbai today was in sync with the surge in prices of the precious metal in India and acro ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to lower policy rates by 25 basis points each in the upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings in October and December, taking the terminal policy rate to 5 per cent, according to a report by Morgan Stanley. The global brokerage firm noted that the central bank now has room for monetary easing as inflation continues to undershoot the target. Also Read | Vishwakarma Jayanti 2025: Why Vishwakarma Puja Is C ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to lower policy rates by 25 basis points each in the upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings in October and December, taking the terminal policy rate to 5 per cent, according to a report by Morgan Stanley. The global brokerage firm noted that the central bank now has room for monetary easing as inflation continues to undershoot the target. The report projects headline consumer price index (CPI) inflati ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 15The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) expected to ease rates by 25 bps in Q4 CY25, owing to anticipated growth weakness from declining export orders and slower government spending, a report has said. Strong cereal production, well stocked granaries, lower oil prices and cheaper exports from China are likely to keep inflation lower for longer, HSBC Global Research said in the report. The broking firm said that average inflation for the current quarter at 1.8 per cent, lower than the RBI ...Read More >
AI image India's wholesale price inflation (WPI) moved back into the positive zone in August, rising to 0.52 per cent after staying in deflation for two straight months, according to government data released on Monday. WPI had recorded (-) 0.58 per cent in July and (-) 0.19 per cent in June, while it stood at 1.25 per cent in August last year, PTI reported."Positive rate of inflation in August 2025 is primarily due to an increase in prices of food products, manufacturing, non-food articles, non- ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's inflation rate, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is expected to remain low due to GST rate cuts and the decline in food prices which will give the Central Bank headroom to reduce the policy rates by another 0.5 per cent (50 bps) this year, according to a Morgan Stanley report released on Monday. "The benign trend in headline CPI is likely to be perpetuated further by disinflationary impulses from low food prices, GST rate cuts and lack of input ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15: India's inflation rate, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is expected to remain low due to GST rate cuts and the decline in food prices which will give the Central Bank headroom to reduce the policy rates by another 0.5 per cent (50 bps) this year, according to a Morgan Stanley report released on Monday. "The benign trend in headline CPI is likely to be perpetuated further by disinflationary impulses from low food prices, GST rate cuts and lack of input price pressures ...Read More >
India's retail food inflation remained negative for the third consecutive month in August at -0.69%, driven by lower prices for vegetables, cereals, and pulses. Retail food inflation remained in the negative zone for three consecutive months in August when it came in at (-) 0.69%, largely driven by subdued prices of vegetables, cereals, pulses, meat, eggs and spices. Food inflation was further in the negative zone in July (-1.76%) and June (-1.01%). The consumer food price index (CFPI) rose 0. ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's retail inflation edged up modestly in August, but economists and industry leaders believe the rise is temporary and unlikely to upset the country's broader price stability, partly due to recent GST reforms. Official data released on Friday showed that retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), climbed to 2.07 percent year-on-year in August 2025, compared with 1.61 percent in July. The increase of 46 basis points, though notable, still kept inflation well wit ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): India's retail inflation edged up modestly in August, but economists and industry leaders believe the rise is temporary and unlikely to upset the country's broader price stability, partly due to recent GST reforms. Official data released on Friday showed that retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), climbed to 2.07% year-on-year in August 2025, compared with 1.61% in July. The increase of 46 basis points, though notable, still kept in ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's retail inflation is projected to settle at 3.1 per cent in FY26, driven by falling food prices and the effects of recent GST rate reductions, a report has projected. The Indian economy may see episodes of disinflation in the coming days as government support through lower indirect tax rates is likely to be passed on to customers, according to the report from Bank of Baroda (BoB). CPI inflation increased to 2.07 per cent in August, up from 1.61 per cen ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lower headline inflation and reduced interest rates are set to extend broader support to domestic demand in the economy amidst global headwinds, a report has said. The headline inflation is now projected at 3.2 per cent in fiscal 2026, down from the earlier estimate of 3.5 per cent. This results in a 140 basis points (1.4 percentage points) decline in CPI inflation for this fiscal year, according to the report from ratings agency Crisil. "This sharp moderatio ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian equities displayed strong bullish momentum this week on hopes of stronger H2 FY26 earnings, driven by GST rationalisation and the benefits of monetary easing. Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex ended the week with a gain of around 1.32 per cent and 1.21 per cent, respectively, with the rally driven by auto and IT stocks. Midcap and smallcap stocks outperformed the benchmark indices. The IT index exhibited its rally, driven by renewed hopes of a Fed ra ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Prices of everyday goods and services could start to come down in the coming days, as recent cuts in indirect taxes by the government begin to show their effect, according to a report by Bank of Baroda (BoB). The report added that overall inflation (CPI) will likely settle at around 3.1 per cent in the financial year 2025-26, with a good chance it could go even lower. "We may see episodes of disinflation in the coming days as government support through lo ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 12: Retail inflation in J&K reached 3.75 percent in August 2025, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The figure continues to place the Union Territory above the national average of 2.07 percent, reflecting ongoing cost pressures on households across the region. Compared to July, when retail inflation was 3.77 percent, the August figure shows a marginal decline. However, both rural and urban ar ...Read More >
India CPI Inflation Data: India's consumer price index (CPI) inflation, also known as retail inflation, increased in August 2025 to 2.07% against 1.61% in July 2025, according to the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) data released Friday evening. The surge in retail inflation was driven by higher vegetable, meat and fish, prices. Food inflation moderated during the month, but record gold prices rally in August impacted the core inflation. Food inflation continued to rema ...Read More >
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's monetary policy committee members flagged evolving risks from global trade tensions and tariffs as a key drag on growth but said the economy remains resilient with the inflation outlook benign, minutes of the August meeting showed on Wednesday. The Reserve Bank of India held its key repo rate steady at 5.50% earlier this month, after cutting rates by 100 basis points so far in 2025. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to retain a "neutral" stanc ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's annual rate of inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) fell further in the negative zone to a two-year low of (-) 0.58 in July this year, compared to the same month of the previous year -- primarily due to a decrease in the prices of food articles and fuels such as petrol, diesel and natural gas, according to data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Thursday. The WPI inflation for July is also lower than the -0.13 per cent that ...Read More >
India's wholesale inflation fell to -0.58% in July from -0.13% in June, marking a continued disinflationary trend, helped by a strong spring harvest despite uneven monsoons. Retail inflation also cooled to 1.55%, an 8-year low, falling below the RBI's 2-6% target band for the first time in over six years. India's wholesale inflation edged down to -0.58% in July from -0.13% in June, as per government data released on Thursday. A Reuters poll of economists had projected wholesale price index (WP ...Read More >
Thane, Aug 14 (PTI) A fire broke out at a cafe located in a multi-storey residential building in Maharashtra's Thane city early Thursday morning, following which 35 persons were evacuated from the structure, officials said. No casualty has been reported as of now, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said. The blaze erupted in the Parsik Cafe located on the ground floor of the six-storey building at Kharegaon in Kalwa (West), he said. The disaster managemen ...Read More >
New Delhi: As August inflation print likely to top 2 per cent and be closer to 2.3 per cent, a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in October looks difficult, SBI Research said on Wednesday, adding that even a rate cut in December looks a tad difficult if growth numbers for Q1 and Q2 are taken into consideration. India's CPI inflation moderated to 98-month low of 1.55 per cent in July, compared to 2.10 per cent in June and 3.60 per cent in July, 2024. The July reading is marking the nint ...Read More >
New Delhi/Imphal, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a second consecutive arrest in the 2024 killings in Manipur's Jiribam, central probe agency sources said on Friday. The NIA in a statement said that the national probe agency caught Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang, a resident of Moinathol Village in southern Assam's Cachar district, from the Mizoram capital Aizawl on Thursday. The arrest came after the arrest of another key accused, Thanglienlal Hmar, by a jo ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 1: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is projected to keep repo rates unchanged in the upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on August 6, a report said on Friday. Amid global market uncertainties and tariff concerns, India's GDP is projected to be 7 per cent in the upcoming three quarters, higher than current estimates, according to the report from HSBC Global Investment Research. Analysts believe that the GDP deflator has too much WPI inflation in it. "Such a scenario ...Read More >
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may find space to ease policy rates in the near term, as urban consumption remains soft and external demand conditions stay uncertain, according to a report by ICICI Bank. With the central bank maintaining a neutral stance and data-dependent approach, prevailing economic indicators could justify a 25 basis point rate cut as early as August. "Monetary policy is forward looking and next year inflation prints are likely to move higher on the back of a low base, but ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will deliver a final 25 basis point rate cut in the December monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, taking the repo rate to 5.25 per cent by the end of 2025, a report said on Tuesday. Considering the ease in inflation in recent months, the RBI may leave the repo rate unchanged in the next two MPCs. "We forecast a pause in the August and October meetings. However, we believe the RBI will deliver a final 25bp rate cut in the D ...Read More >
MUMBAI (Reuters) -A slump in India's retail inflation to six-year lows and a likely drop to a record low in July is prompting calls for at least one more interest rate cut this year, with many analysts saying the sharp disinflation is also a sign of weakening demand. The drop in June headline inflation is accompanied by low core inflation, which, excluding gold, silver and fuel prices, remains below 4%, suggesting softer underlying consumption which may need more support from monetary policy, a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Cooling prices offered a double dose of relief in June, with both retail and wholesale inflation easing sharply, signalling a broad-based tempering of cost pressures across the economy. Retail price inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in at 2.1% in June, its slowest pace since January 2019, while wholesale price index-based inflation fell to a 21-month low in June, at -0.13%, marking the first negative reading since October 2023, according to provisional governm ...Read More >
July 14 (Reuters) - India's annual retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI), opens new tab slowed to a more than six-year low of 2.10% in June, near the lower range of the central bank's tolerance band, as food prices continued to ease, making a case for further interest rate cuts. Inflation was lower than the 2.5% estimated by economists in a Reuters poll. Retail inflation was at 2.82% in May. COMMENTARY: GAURA SEN GUPTA, CHIEF ECONOMIST, IDFC FIRST BANK, MUMBAI "The moderation in inflation is led by ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Wholesale inflation in India likely surged to 0.80 per cent year-on-year in June 2025 from 0.39 per cent in May, mainly due to a month-on-month rise in food, fuel and core inflation, according to a report by Union Bank of India. The report highlighted that core WPI, which excludes food and fuel, rose sharply from 0.86 per cent in May to 1.63 per cent in June. Also Read | Tesla India First Showroom To Open in Mumbai on July 15 As 'Experience Centre', Closer to ...Read More >
In India, gold is more than just a metal -- it's a tradition, a symbol of security, and an investment rolled into one. This centuries-old cultural and financial mainstay, which has a sizeable share in India's inflation basket and has seen skyrocketing prices, may be distorting the country's 'core' inflation trajectory. Core inflation is a measure of inflation that aims to show the underlying, long-term trend of price changes in an economy, excluding the impact of components with volatile prices ...Read More >
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