The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, came much higher than the expectation at 9.06% (Provisional) for the month of May, 2011 (over May, 2010) as compared to 8.66% (Provisional) for the previous month and 10.48% during the corresponding month of the previous year. Build up inflation in the financial year so far was 1.47% compared to a buildup of 2.05% in the corresponding period of the previous year.The street was expecting the WPI to be 8.70% in May, up slightly from the previous month on the back of rise in food and fuel prices
The index for Primary Articles group rose by 0.3 percent to 192.1 (Provisional) from 191.6 (Provisional) for the previous month. Meanwhile, the index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 1.6% to 186.5 (Provisional) from 183.5 (Provisional) for the previous month.The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group declined by 4.4 percent to 184.5 (Provisional) from 192.9 (Provisional) for the previous month.
The index for Fuel & Power group rose by 0.3 percent to 160.4 (Provisional) from 159.9 (Provisional) for the previous month due to higher prices of lubricants (5%), petrol, light diesel oil and bitumen (4% each), furnace oil and lignite (2% each) and aviation turbine fuel (1%). However, the prices of coke (6%) declined. Moreover, the index for Manufactured Products group rose by 1.0 percent to 137.2 (Provisional) from 135.8 (Provisional) for the previous month.
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