Just in: Food Inflation rebounds to 9.01% week on week

09 Jun 2011 Evaluate

Stubborn food inflation numbers have ricocheted a week after showing some signs of moderating and have put the Indian central bank in a tight corner. The inflation numbers have remained above comfortable levels for quite a long time now despite the hawkish stances by RBI, which has already raised key policy rates nine times.

According to the data released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the index for Food Articles group rose to 9.01 percent for the week ended May 28, from 8.06 percent for the previous week due to higher prices of tea, pork and maize, jowar, fish-inland and milk, egg, urad, barley, poultry chicken and wheat.

The index for primary articles group which has the highest weightage of 20.12% in WPI rose to 11.52 percent for the week ended May 28, from 10.87 percent for the previous week.

The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group eased to 20.97 percent from 21.31 percent for the previous week due to decline in the prices of raw silk, gingelly seed, sunflower, copra and fodder, soyabean and raw jute (1% each).

The index for Fuel and Power group which has weightage of 14.91% remained unchanged at its previous week's level.

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