Inflation

General

14 October, 2013

Inflation picks pace again, up 6.46% in September

India’s headline inflation captured by wholesale price index (WPI) rose 6.46 per cent last month, higher than analyst expectations and ......

Consumer

03 October, 2013

Banks to offer cheap loans for bikes, fridges

Indian banks will offer cheaper loans to stimulate demand for two-wheelers and other consumer durables as Finance Minister P. Chidambaram ......

General

26 September, 2013

Govt sets the ball rolling for pay hike for central government employees from 2016

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given his assent to the constitution of a new pay commission which would raise the ......

General

20 September, 2013

Surprise is the name of the game

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sprung a huge surprise today in its mid-quarter review of monetary policy. The central ......

General

16 September, 2013

Inflation rises 6.1% in August as food prices soar

India's headline inflation shot to a six-month high in August, driven by a 245 per cent annual jump in onion ......

General

14 August, 2013

Rising inflation raises stakes in rupee defence

India paid the price for a rupee lodged near record lows as inflation accelerated to a five-month high in July, ......

General

15 July, 2013

WPI inflation inches up to 4.86% in June

India's headline inflation picked up for the first time in four months in June, driven by higher food prices, adding ......

Others

14 June, 2013

Inflation eases to 4.7% in May but rate cut could be elusive

The headline inflation slowed for a fourth straight month in May to 4.7 per cent from a year earlier, but ......

General

15 May, 2013

RBI to launch inflation indexed bonds to discourage gold investment

The Reserve Bank of India has said on Wednesday it will launch bonds linked to inflation rate every month to ......

General

22 April, 2013

The Golden rule? Thoughts on gold as an investment

Paraphrasing Winston Churchill, gold is a "riddle, wrapped up in a mystery inside an enigma", at least as far as ......