Food Price Index News
Mint Primer | Will your grocery bills pinch less?
Food prices have moderated recently, falling from 11% to 6% inflation. Despite some items seeing price drops, others remain high. The upcoming winter harvest faces challenges from heat stress, while soaring edible oil prices reflect global market changes and India’s import reliance.
2 min read4 Mar 2025Mint Quick Edit | Inflation is down: Will interest rates follow?
Retail inflation was 5.2% in December, down from 5.5% the month earlier. The hope is that it cools off further and India’s upcoming budget doesn’t stoke price pressures.
1 min read14 Jan 2025Mint Quick Edit: Lower inflation raises the likelihood of an RBI rate cut
November’s 5.5% print has raised hopes of an easing monetary-policy cycle starting in February. It’s not a given, of course, but the latest data does shift the odds in favour of it.
1 min read13 Dec 2024Food prices reach 19-month high in November, UN says
The FAO’s food price index, which tracks global prices for a basket of staple foods, averaged 127.5 points in November, a 0.5% increase from October
1 min read6 Dec 2024Ajit Ranade: Inflation control holds primacy as an objective for RBI
The Indian central bank is required to keep the cost of living stable and so its target gauge must fully represent retail inflation—although we also need to update and improve how we measure it
4 min read25 Nov 2024India’s central bank should adhere to its inflation-targeting mandate
In the Indian context, headline inflation is a better yardstick of the impact of prices on people’s well-being than some truncated construct. The Reserve Bank of India has good reason to stick to the price gauge it had been using as a guide for monetary policy
3 min read21 Nov 2024Andy Mukherjee: India’s more immediate worry is tomatoes, not Trump
The return of Donald Trump to the White House may prove a challenge for Indian policymakers in many ways, especially if a trade war erupts and in fields where interests diverge, but New Delhi has domestic concerns of inflation and slowing output growth to deal with first.
1 min read15 Nov 2024Food prices rose at fastest rate in 18 months in September, UN says
Food prices saw their fastest increase in 18 months in September, with the prices of all commodity groups rising, led by sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said.
1 min read4 Oct 2024Vegetables dearer: Onion at ₹40/kg, potato near ₹35/kg and tomato close to ₹80/kg. Why are food prices rising?
Onion, tomato, and potato prices rise across wholesale and retail markets in India. We examine why vegetable and food prices are expected to remain high until the next crop harvest in October.
3 min read5 Jul 2024Why Are Onion Prices Rising?
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