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RBI projects FY27 retail Inflation at 4.6 pc, within government-mandated target
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....BI projects FY27 retail Inflation at 4.6 pc, within government-mandated target<BR>FEMA / RBI<BR>Dated:- 8-4-2026<BR>PTI<BR>Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Wednesday projected retail inflation for the current financial year at 4.6 per cent, well within the government-mandated inflation target range of 4 per cent with a tolerance band of +/- 2 per cent. Before the outbreak of the West As....
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....ia conflict, India's macroeconomic fundamentals exuded confidence with buoyant growth and low inflation. Conditions turned adverse in March with the widening of the conflict zone and its intensification. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation during April-June quarter (Q1) is estimated at 4 per cent; Q2 at 4.4 per cent; Q3 at 5.2 per cent; and Q4 at 4.7 per cent, Reserve Bank Go....
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....vernor Sanjay Malhotra said, while unveiling the first bi-monthly monetary policy of the current fiscal year. He said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which met for three days to deliberate on the benchmark interest rate (repo), noted that since the last policy meeting, geopolitical uncertainties have heightened significantly. "Headline inflation remains contained and below the target.....
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.... However, upside risks to the inflation outlook, driven by increased energy price pressures and probable weather disturbances affecting food prices, have increased," the Governor said. Also, core inflation pressures remain muted, although supply chain dislocations and the risk of second-round effects render the future inflation trajectory uncertain. Malhotra also said the economy is confro....
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....nted with a supply shock, and it is prudent to wait and watch the changing circumstances and the evolving growth-inflation outlook, as the MPC decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. In February, retail inflation moved up to 3.21 per cent. The February inflation data was based on the new CPI series with base year 2024. The government has mandated the central bank to ensur....
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....e inflation remains at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side. PTI NKD CS DRR =============<BR> News - Press release - PIB....