India’s wholesale prices declined at a softer pace in June, data from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry showed on Tuesday.
The wholesale price index declined 1.81 percent year-on-year in June, following a 3.21 percent decrease in May. Economists had expected a 2.40 percent fall.
The primary articles price index declined 1.21 percent annually in June, following a 2.92 percent fall in the previous month.
Food price inflation increased to 2.04 percent in June, while prices for non-food articles declined 2.80 percent.
Fuel and power prices decreased 13.60 percent in June, following a 19.83 percent fall in the prior month.
Prices of manufactured products grew 0.08 in June, after a 0.42 percent fall in the previous month.
The final wholesale prices declined 1.57 percent in April.
For comments and feedback contact: editorial@rttnews.com
[Economic News][1]
What parts of the world are seeing the best (and worst) economic performances lately? Click[here][2] to check out our [Econ Scorecard][2] and find out! See up-to-the-moment rankings for the best and worst performers in [GDP][3], [unemployment rate][4], [inflation][5] and much more.
- www.rttnews.com/Content/EconomicNews.aspx
- www.rttnews.com/economic-scorecard/world-rank/unemployment-rate/highest-performance.aspx
- www.rttnews.com/economic-scorecard/world-rank/GDP/highest-performance.aspx
- www.rttnews.com/economic-scorecard/world-rank/unemployment-rate/lowest-performance.aspx
- www.rttnews.com/economic-scorecard/world-rank/CPI/highest-performance.aspx