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In India, CPI (combined) is declared as the new standard for measuring inflation (April 2014). [2] CPI numbers are typically measured monthly, and with a significant lag, making them unsuitable for policy use. India uses changes in the CPI to measure its rate of inflation. The WPI measures the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods.
A CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically. Sub-indices and sub-sub-indices can be computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, which are combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the ...
In India, a total of 697 commodities data on price level is tracked through WPI which is an indicator of movement in prices of commodities in all trade and transactions. It is also the price index which is available on a weekly basis with the shortest possible time lag only two weeks. [17] Base year to calculate WPI is 2011-2012=100
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) revealed headline inflation rose 0.1% over last month and 4% over the prior year in May, a slowdown from April's 0.4% month-over-month increase and 4.9% annual gain.
A producer price index (PPI) is a price index that measures the average changes in prices received by domestic producers for their output. Formerly known as the wholesale price index between 1902 and 1978, the index is made up of over 16,000 establishments providing approximately 64,000 price quotations that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles each month to represent thousands ...
The data raises the possibility of a "no landing" scenario for the US economy. Traders still see the Fed cutting interest rates by 25 basis points at next month's meeting.
The DA Rate for Industrial Workers (since 1 January 2007 with Base year 2001=100) for 3rd Quarter (Oct-Dec), 2015 has been declared as 107.9% and that of 4th Quarter (Jan-Mar), 2016 is 112.40%. The 5th Pay Commission recommendations were implemented since 1 January 1996 and consequently DA rate with effective from 1 January 1996 became 0.
Wednesday's CPI data for April came in below market-based expectations and triggered a broad rally in stock and bond prices on the premise that it would allow the Fed to proceed with interest rate ...