New Delhi: The government is considering reducing the weightage of food items in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket. The weightage of food items could be reduced upto 6.5 percentage points in ...

Last month's CPI was forecast to come in at 2.8%, according to economists surveyed by financial data firm FactSet. The Consumer Price Index, a basket of goods and services typically bought by ...

Das declined to elaborate further on the remarks made in the written statement earlier in the day, but said that the weightage of food in CPI could change based on the findings of the NSO survey.

In addition to tomato and onion, tur dal has contributed to India’s food inflation which has remained high over the past two years, said the Economic Survey 2024-25 released on Thursday ...

Australia’s ASX 200 index rose 0.9% to its highest level since early-December, after data showed CPI inflation grew less than expected in the fourth quarter. The reading sparked bets that the RBA will ...