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Retail inflation at 3-mth high of 4.81%
Hardening food prices push up inflationary pressures
New Delhi: Retail inflation rose to a three-month high of 4.81 per cent in June, mainly on account of hardening prices of food, according to the government data.Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 4.31 per cent (revised upward from 4.25%) in May and seven per cent in June 2022. The inflation, however, remains within the RBI’s comfort level of below six per cent.
The previous high CPI was in March at 5.66 per cent. The government has tasked the central bank to ensure retail inflation remains at four per cent with a margin of two per cent on either side. The central bank mainly factors in the CPI to arrive at its bi-monthly monetary policy decision. The next policy review is scheduled early next month. Inflation for the food basket was at 4.49 per cent in June, higher than 2.96 per cent in May.
The food basket accounts for nearly half of the CPI. Last month, the Reserve Bank kept policy rates unchanged at 6.5 per cent and projected retail inflation for the current fiscal to average at 5.1 per cent, with June quarter inflation pegged at 4.6 per cent.
