Finance
By: Shree1news, 16 AUG 2021
Days after retail inflation eased considerably to 5.59 per cent in July 2021 from 6.26 per cent in June led by falling food prices, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday mentioned that inflation is expected to remain within the 2 % and 6 % levels.
“I expect inflation to remain contained in the 2 per cent to 6 per cent levels,” she mentioned.
The fall in Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in July 2021, was in sharp contrast to May 2021, when it had risen sharply to 6.30 per cent because of supply chain disruption owing to the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The retail inflation, was down mainly due to falling food costs as food inflation for July 2021 fell to 3.96 per cent from 5.15 per cent in June 2021.
The July retail inflation was also within the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) higher margin as the central bank had earlier stated that it should be at 4 % with a margin of 2 % on either sides for a 5 year period ending March 2026.
Source:A-N
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