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India's Wholesale Inflation Drops to 14-Month Low in May
Mint New Delhi
|June 17, 2025
Reined in WPI inflation fell from 0.85% in April to 0.39% in May.
(WPI)-based inflation fell to a 14-month low of 0.39% in May, down from 0.85% in the previous month, according to provisional data released on Monday by the ministry of commerce and industry.
A favourable base aided the drop, with food, non-food manufacturing, minerals, and fuel and power segments contributing.
This follows a drop in India's retail inflation in May, which cooled to its lowest level in more than six years at 2.8%, helped by a sharp moderation in food prices, according to provisional government data released last week.
The WPI, a proxy for producers' prices, stood at 2.25% in March, 2.38% in February and 2.51% in January.
This story is from the June 17, 2025 edition of Mint New Delhi.
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