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Aug WPI inflation rises to 4-month high of 0.52% vs -0.58% Jul
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--India Aug WPI inflation 0.52% vs -0.58% Jul
--Informist poll estimated India Aug WPI inflation at 0.3%
--India Aug WPI food inflation 0.21% vs -2.15% Jul
--India Aug WPI primary articles inflation -2.10% vs -4.95% Jul
--India Aug WPI fuel and power inflation -3.17% vs -2.43% Jul
--India Aug WPI manufactured products inflation 2.55% vs 2.05% Jul
--India Aug WPI all commodities index up 0.5% on month
--India Aug WPI food index up 1.2% on month
--India Aug WPI primary articles index up 1.6% on month
--India Aug WPI fuel and power group index down 0.7% on month
--India Aug WPI manufactured products index up 0.2% on month
--India Aug WPI vegetable index up 5.6% on month
--India Aug WPI cereals index up 0.4% on month
--India Aug WPI edible oils index up 1.5% on month
--India Aug WPI basic metals index down 0.1% on month
--India Jun WPI inflation revised to -0.19% vs -0.13% provisional
--India Aug WPI core inflation 1.7% vs 1.1% Jul
NEW DELHI - Wholesale prices in India rose on a year-on-year basis for the first time in three months in August, led by an increase in food prices. Data released by the commerce ministry Monday showed WPI inflation rose to a four-month high of 0.52% in August from (-)0.58% in July, which was a two-year low.
At 0.52%, WPI inflation was higher than the consensus expectation. According to an Informist poll, WPI inflation was seen at 0.3.% in August. The June WPI inflation print was revised lower to (-)0.19% from the provisional estimate of (-)0.13%. WPI inflation was 1.3% in August 2024.
WPI inflation rose last month because of higher food prices. WPI food inflation rose to 0.21% in August from a 10-year low of (-)2.15% in July. Sequentially, food prices rose 1.2% in August, which led to a 0.5% increase in the all commodities index from July.
The sequential rise in wholesale food prices was led by vegetables, whose prices rose 5.6% from July. Within vegetables, wholesale tomato prices rose 32% on month in August. A rise in wheat, pulses, fruits, and edible oils also pushed the all commodities index higher in August.
Core WPI inflation--or inflation excluding food and fuel items--rose to 1.7% in August, the highest in 30 months, from 1.1% in July. Inflation in manufactured products, which have a 64% share in the WPI, rose to 2.55% in August from 2.05% in the previous month, and added to the rise in core inflation.
Fuel and power remained in deflation for the fifth straight month in August. Wholesale fuel and power prices fell 3.17% on year in August compared with a 2.43?cline in July.
Rating agency ICRA expects headline WPI inflation to rise to around 0.9% in September, led by higher commodity prices, as well as the depreciation in the rupee against the dollar.
The following table details the sequential and annual increase in the main components of the WPI:
| Weight (%) | August (index) | Month-on-month change | Year-on-year change | ||
| August | July | ||||
| ALL COMMODITIES | 100 | 155.2 | 0.5% | 0.52% | (-)0.58% |
| PRIMARY ARTICLES | 22.62 | 191.0 | 1.6% | (-)2.10% | (-)4.95% |
| Food articles | 15.26 | 202.6 | 1.5% | (-)3.06% | (-)6.29% |
| Cereals | 2.82 | 206.7 | 0.4% | 1.03% | 1.43% |
| Pulses | 0.64 | 199.0 | 1.6% | (-)14.85% | (-)15.12% |
| Vegetables | 1.87 | 260.3 | 5.6% | (-)14.18% | (-)28.96% |
| Potato | 0.28 | 220.0 | (-)5.8% | (-)44.11% | (-)41.26% |
| Onion | 0.16 | 193.8 | 0.2% | (-)50.46% | (-)44.38% |
| Tomato | 0.28 | 475.2 | 31.6% | 23.30% | (-)42.71% |
| Fruits | 1.6 | 197.6 | 3.5% | (-)4.86% | (-)2.65% |
| Milk | 4.44 | 190.7 | 0.3% | 2.58% | 2.20% |
| Eggs, meat, and fish | 2.4 | 173.2 | 0.8% | 0.06% | (-)1.09% |
| Non-food articles | 4.12 | 169.1 | 2.9% | 5.56% | 3.40% |
| Oil seeds | 1.12 | 203.5 | 2.9% | 13.94% | 9.77% |
| Minerals | 0.83 | 235.1 | 2.7% | 3.30% | 1.06% |
| Crude petroleum | 1.95 | 113.6 | (-)2.3% | (-)13.68% | (-)14.86% |
| FUEL and POWER | 13.15 | 143.6 | (-)0.7% | (-)3.17% | (-)2.43% |
| Coal | 2.14 | 136.3 | 0.0% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| Liquefied petroleum gas | 0.64 | 113.0 | (-)1.9% | (-)1.22% | 1.23% |
| Petrol | 1.6 | 145.1 | (-)0.7% | (-)5.72% | (-)5.74% |
| High speed diesel | 3.10 | 160.8 | 0.4% | (-)3.54% | (-)4.30% |
| Electricity | 3.06 | 133.3 | (-)2.9% | (-)1.11% | 3.31% |
| MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | 64.23 | 144.9 | 0.2% | 2.55% | 2.05% |
| Food products | 9.12 | 178.4 | 0.6% | 7.15% | 6.74% |
| Edible oils | 2.64 | 185.0 | 1.5% | 22.92% | 22.04% |
| Textiles | 4.88 | 137.8 | 0.9% | 1.40% | (-)0.15% |
| Chemical, chemical products | 6.47 | 137.1 | 0.1% | 0.29% | 0.22% |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 3.2 | 133.7 | 0.2% | 3.00% | 2.69% |
| Cement and lime | 1.64 | 133.1 | 0.0% | 4.23% | 3.42% |
| Basic metals | 9.65 | 137.4 | (-)0.1% | (-)0.65% | (-)2.34% |
| Semi-finished steel | 1.27 | 115.9 | (-)0.3% | 1.31% | (-)2.11% |
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Reported by Shubham Rana
Edited by Vandana Hingorani
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