Food inflation falls to 9.52%

11 Mar 2011 Evaluate

After a gap of three months, food inflation fell to the single digit at 9.52 per cent during the week ended February 26, raising hopes that the overall inflation might come down close to seven per cent by the end of this financial year, as projected by the finance ministry.
 
However, elevated global crude prices will have to be watched in the coming weeks to exactly predict where the wholesale price index-based headline inflation is going. Fuel and power items have slightly more weight than food items in the wholesale price index. Due to the base effect, fuel and power prices rose but at a less rate of 9.48 per cent during the week, against 12.56 per cent a week ago. The overall inflation stood at 8.23 per cent in January.

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