CPI inflation eases to 4.31% in September

14 Oct 2016 Evaluate

Declining for second straight month, annual rate of inflation, based on the consumer prices index (CPI), eased in the month of September at 4.31% as compared to 5.05% in August, mainly on account of a sharp fall in food prices especially those of vegetables. The figure was better than street expectation of 4.53%. This is the first time in this financial year that the overall CPI-based inflation has fallen below the Reserve Bank of India’s inflation target of 5% by March 2017. CPI inflation for urban sector was 3.64% in September, while for rural segment it was 4.96%.

As per the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, on Base 2012=100, index value for CPI (General) for Rural was 133.3, for Urban was 128.0 and for combined stood at 130.8 for the month of September. Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined for September 2016 stood at 4.43%, 2.88% and 3.88% respectively compared to 4.05%, 3.45% and 3.88% in the month of September 2015.

Food inflation slowed to 3.88% in September from 5.91% in August as prices of vegetables and pulses fell. Inflation in vegetable segment was in the negative, contracted by 7.21 percent. Similarly, the pulses prices were subdued last month as also of egg and milk (and its products). Inflation in case of meat and fish basket was 5.83 percent in September, marginally down over the previous month. However, fruits became dearer in last month over the previous months.

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