Just in: Food Inflation cools down to 7.78% for the week-ended June 18

30 Jun 2011 Evaluate

The food inflation numbers have shown some signs of cooling in the week ended June 18 and has drifted below the 8% levels, a week after convalescing over 9% levels. However, the Fuel & Power group index edged higher after remaining at unchanged levels in the week ended June 11. Though the inflation numbers continue to hover above the Reserve Bank of India’s comfort levels, it is expected to shoot up further to double digits as the government in its recent move, to trim down the under recoveries of oil companies hiked prices of petroleum products.

According to the data released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the index for Food Articles group rose to 7.78 percent for the week-ended June 18, from 9.13 percent for the previous week due to lower prices of poultry chicken (4%), masur (3%), tea,  condiments & spices and jowar (2% each) and arhar, mutton and fish-inland (1% each).

The index for primary articles group which has the highest weightage of 20.12% in WPI cooled to 11.84 percent for the week from 12.62 for the previous week.

The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group eased to 17.91 percent from 18.43 percent for the previous week due to lower prices of flowers and raw cotton (3% each), cotton seed (2%) and raw jute, soyabean and raw silk (1% each).

The index for Fuel & Power group which carries a weightage of 14.91%, rose to 12.98 percent for the week against 12.84 recorded in the previous week due to higher prices of aviation turbine fuel (3%), naphtha (2%) and furnace oil (1%).

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