Global markets endured another painful fortnight as weak data revived fears of a global recession. At the same time, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) downgrade of US government bonds and the uneasiness over the credit-worthiness of European heavyweights like France underscored the fact that policy responses on both sides of the Atlantic are falling short of the challenge. The result was a sharp rise
: Consumers paid more for gas, food and other necessities in July. That pushed up the Consumer Price Index 0.5 percent, the most since March.
Persistent inflation continues to be a concern in India. Of the many measures of inflation we have, the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) estimates the pressure of price
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) latest quarterly report on the economy articulates that over the past 15 months, it has undertaken one of the sharpest monetary tightening seen
China’s annual inflation accelerated to a three-year high in June, increasing the chances that the central bank will keep raising interest rates to tame price pressures that are spreading
Food inflation dropped to a six-week low of 7.78 per cent for the week ended June 18 from 9.13 per cent during the previous week due to the combined impact of a high base last year and drop in
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