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Retail inflation drops to 3.69% in August

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New Delhi, Sep 12: The retail inflation for the month of August 2018 dropped to 3.69% as compared to 4.17 % in July 2018.

Retail inflation drops to 3.69% in August

Reports say that the IIP levels have remained fairly steady. The IIP for July was 6.6% as compared to 6.9% in June.

Consumer food price inflation fell 0.29 percent in August from 1.37 percent in July. Prices of vegetables witnessed a degrowth of 7 percent in August as compared with a degrowth 2.2 percent in July.

Retail inflation dips to 4.17 per cent in JulyRetail inflation dips to 4.17 per cent in July

Fuel cost grew to 8.47 percent in August from 7.96 percent a month ago on rising crude oil prices.

Its previous low was in October 2017 at 3.58 per cent. As for year-on-year comparison, retail inflation had increased by 2.36 per cent in July last year. The CSO data revealed that inflation in vegetables declined by (-) 2.19 per cent last month, compared to 7.8 per cent in June.

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