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Nov industrial growth at 8.4%, retail inflation surges to 5.2% in Dec IIP recovers to 4.3% in Aug, retail inflation steady at 3.28% in Sept November IIP growth jumps to 17-month high; Dec inflation rises to 5.2% Oct retail inflation at 3.58%, highest in FY18 so far Industrial growth slows; retail inflation at 15-month high -
Industrial production expanded by 7.5% in January 2018 compared to 3.5% in the same month last year and 7.1% in December 2017. Also, annual retail inflation eased for the second straight month in February at a four-month low of 4.44%, as food prices fell, from 5.07% in January. "My CPI projection again spot on at 4.4 percent led by a sharp fall in food inflation exactly predicted by me at 3.38 percent. This is led by a sharp correction in vegetable prices and continued disinflation in pulses.
What is noteworthy is that this low reading is despite an unfavourable statistical base. This clearly shows that inflation is not a serious risk for India. IIP growth is still very skewed and facilitated by favourable statistical base," said Rupa Rege Nitsure, group chief economist, L&T Finance Holdings.
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