India’s retail inflation dropped sharply to 3.61% in February 2025, falling below the 4% mark for the first time in six months, driven by lower vegeta

The CPI inflation print for February falls below the mid-point of the MPC's medium term target range, led by cooling in food inflation

India’s Retail Inflation 2025, Retail Inflation outlook for February 2025 news updates: Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) dipped to 3.61 per cent in January, Government data showed on Wednesday.

CPI is now well within RBIs main inflation target of 4%, warranting a possibility of yet another 25 bps rate cut from the central bank in the upcoming April 2025 policy. If that were the case, a repo rate cut would lead to further revision in home loan EMIs and fixed deposit rates by banks.

India's retail inflation moderated to a seven-month low in February, led by falling vegetable prices.

This marks the first time in six months that it fell below the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4 per cent

India's retail inflation fell below 4% in February for the first time in six months mainly due to a decline in vegetable prices, giving the central bank room to cut rates further in coming meetings.

Retail inflation was at 4.25% in January with food inflation at 5.22%. CPI inflation was at last at less than 4% in August 2024 when it came in at 3.65%. Official data on consumer

India's retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), recorded 3.61% in the month of February as compared to 4.21% reported in the year-ago period, showed data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Wednesday (March 12).

Retail inflation in India dropped to a seven-month low in February, helped by falling food prices. This decline offers the RBI a chance to cut interest rates in April. Additionally, industrial output growth improved in January,