While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew at 5.1% in February, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose by just 0.2%. To be sure, the CPI and WPI baskets are very different in composition, and the ...

Recent months have seen core WPI, CPI inflations drift in the same direction, but their headline numbers diverging Praveena Sharma Updated : Nov 16, 2018, 05:10 AM IST Divergent trends in fuel ...

What are you expecting as far as inflation is concerned both on the WPI as well as CPI front? We are looking at a number of around 12.3% which is definitely on a higher side and this has been the ...

CPI is calculated by selecting a basket of goods ... inflation in the production and distribution stages of the economy. WPI tracks the price changes of goods before they reach the retail level ...

The recent meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee had pointed out that core disinflation is steady, but headline inflation remains volatile due to recurrent food price shocks November ...

Here's a full breakdown of what to expect in the coming week: October 14: Release of wholesale prices and Consumer Price ...

Two major indices are used for tracking price movement -- Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI). While the WPI measures the price movement of goods in wholesale markets ...

However, there are certain limitations in using WPI as a measure for inflation, as it does not consider the price of services, and it does not reflect the consumer price situation in the country.

"Key macroeconomic data, including CPI and WPI inflation, will also be closely watched. Moreover, ongoing foreign fund outflows and cues from US markets are expected to impact sentiment," said Mishra.