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WPI inflation rises to 27-month high of 4.17% in February as food and fuel prices spike

Jaleel M. by Jaleel M.
March 15, 2021
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After witnessing months of softening of prices, the food articles in February saw 1.36 percent inflation. In January it was (-) 2.80 percent

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WPI inflation rises to 27-month high of 4.17% in February as food and fuel prices spike

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New Delhi: The wholesale price-based inflation rose for the second consecutive month to a 27-month high of 4.17 percent in February, as food, fuel and power prices spiked.

The WPI inflation was 2.03 percent in January and 2.26 percent in February last year.

After witnessing months of softening of prices, the food articles in February saw 1.36 percent inflation. In January it was (-) 2.80 percent.

In vegetables the rate of price rise was (-) 2.90 percent in February, against (-) 20.82 percent in the preceding month.

Inflation in pulses was 10.25 percent in February, while in fruits it was 9.48 percent.

Inflation in the fuel and power basket was 0.58 percent in February, against (-) 4.78 per cent in January on rising prices of petrol and diesel.

Petroleum product prices have reached historic highs as international crude prices have surged in recent months and due to high indirect taxes both at the centre and state level.

ICRA Ltd Principal Economist Aditi Nayar said the doubling in the WPI inflation in February reflects the rise in commodity prices brought on by the global risk-on sentiment, hardening of crude oil and fuel prices, as well as a fading of the favourable base effect for food items.

Core inflation was at 5.5 percent in February.

“Steep month-on-month upticks in items such as fibres and oilseeds do not bode well for the CPI inflation. We maintain our view that inflation dynamics will rule out any further rate cuts, with a status quo expected through 2021. Looking ahead, we expect large upticks in the WPI inflation over the next three months, as the wedge between the commodity prices and their year-ago level intensifies,” Nayar said.

ICRA expects the headline and core WPI inflation to rise to around 6 percent each in March 2021.

The headline WPI inflation is expected to harden further to around 9-9.5 percent, and the core-WPI inflation is likely to climb to 7-7.5 percent by May 2021, before displaying a more gradual moderation to 4 percent each by the end of 2021, Nayar added.

ITM B-School HoD Prof Krupesh Thakkar said “we still hold our view of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee’s stance of accommodative policy with no change in short-term interest rates when they meet in April 2021. However, some emphasis would be given on rising fuel prices and its impact on other products”.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its monetary policy decision on 5 February, kept interest rates unchanged for the fourth consecutive meeting and said that the outlook for core inflation is influenced by the escalation in cost-push pressures seen in recent months.

Retail inflation, based on the consumer price index, was at 5.03 percent in February, up from 4.06 percent in January, data released last week showed.

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