Indias wholesale inflation stood at 9.68% in May under a new series, with food and fuel prices remaining high amid ongoing US-Iran conflict-driven pressures on crude oil and global supply chains. The government also introduced a producer price index and revised the WPI base year to 2022-23, expanding commodity coverage to 957 items.

The Producer Price Index (PPI) increased by 6.5% in May

India's retail inflation rose to 3.93% in May. Food and fuel prices increased, impacting consumer costs. This marks the highest inflation reading under the new CPI series. Despite…

Economists expect price pressures to intensify further in June, driven by the continued pass-through of earlier increases in transport and cooking fuel costs amid continued supply…

India's wholesale price inflation hits 9.68% in May, exceeding expectations in the revised series with 2022-23 as the base year.