Inflation dips to 3.01% thanks to oil price
New
Delhi,
Nov
23:
Inflation
rate
for
the
week
ended
November
10
came
down
to
3.01
per
cent
as
against
3.11
per
cent
last
week.
The annual inflation rate was 5.39 per cent during the corresponding week of the previous year, an official statement said here today.
While
addressing
a
business
delegation
from
Iceland
Finance
Minister
P
Chidambaram
Finace
Minister
today
said,
''We
need
to
ensure
that
these
prices
(oil)
remain
in
control
and
that
inflation
should
not
go
out
of
hand.''
UNI
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Story first published: Friday, November 23, 2007, 13:31 [IST]