Retail inflation 4-month high as food prices rise

13 Mar 2019, 02:14PM ISTSource: TNN

Retail inflation jumped to a four-month high of 2.57 percent in February due to costlier food articles. The Consumer Price Index-based inflation for January was revised down to a 19-month low of 1.97 percent from an earlier estimate of 2.05 percent. The retail inflation number for February 2019 is the highest since October 2018 when it stood at 3.38 percentOn a monthly basis, the consumer food price index moved up by 0.15 percent in February against January 2019

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