OECD raises India’s FY24 GDP growth forecast to 6.3%
India among three countries in G20 emerging-market grouping whose growth surprises have mostly been “positive”, says OECD Interim Economic Outlook
India among three countries in G20 emerging-market grouping whose growth surprises have mostly been “positive”, says OECD Interim Economic Outlook
It may be noted that headline retail inflation in the economy spiked to 7.4% in July 2023, with specific food commodities mainly driving the increase.
The wholesale price index (WPI) rose to -1.36% in July as against -4.12% in June owing to an increase in food prices, according to the ministry of commerce & industry
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 1.1% in March.
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The effective inflation faced by the bottom 50% of the population stood at 7.2% in the first nine months of FY23, says India Ratings and Research.
Govt says the decline in wholesale inflation is contributed by mineral oils, chemicals & chemical products, textiles, crude petroleum & natural gas, textiles, food products
Food inflation in India has mellowed to 3.5% in FY22.
India now seems “unstoppable” in its momentum to become the “third economic superpower”, says a report by a UK-based economics consultancy company CEBR.
WPI data comes two days after the country’s headline inflation was recorded at an 11-month low of 5.88% in November 2022.