Government Report Suggests Food Inflation May Ease In Months Ahead
India expects food inflation to slow in the coming months, backed by a bumper summer crop harvest, and remains "cautiously...
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FM calls for affordable loans, says cost of borrowing ‘stressful’
Mumbai: In what appears to be a concerted nudge for interest rate cuts, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday...
Wholesale inflation at 4-month high of 2.4% in October
NEW DELHI: Wholesale price inflation jumped to a four-month high in Oct as food prices, led by vegetables, shot up,...
Targeting food inflation with rates is ‘flawed theory’: Piyush Goyal
Union minister Piyush Goyal MUMBAI: Commerce minister Piyush Goyal called upon RBI to cut rates, arguing that targeting food price...
Double trouble for FMCG players: Costly commodities, weak demand
NEW DELHI: Leading FMCG companies reported a decline in margins in the Sept quarter on account of higher input costs...
FMCG firms worry over high inflation, squeezing urban market; hint price hike
NEW DELHI: Leading FMCG companies reported a decline in margins in the September quarter on account of higher input costs...
FMCG firms should look within for falling performance
Traditionally, stocks of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies have been viewed as the ultimate defensive bets in India whenever...
Urban areas facing strain due to sluggish demand: Nestle
NEW DELHI: The FMCG sector is facing a muted demand, with growth in F&B (food and beverage) declining to 1.5-2%...
Editorial. Food for thought – The Hindu BusinessLine
A debate has been generated at the highest levels of policymaking over whether food should be a part of the...
Monetary policy can’t quell stubborn food inflation
There can be no discounting the abiding concerns of the Reserve Bank of India over headline consumer price inflation, and...
