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Annual food inflation rose to 16.44 percent for the week ended May 1, reversing two consecutive weeks of decline, official data released Thursday showed.

Annual food inflation edged up for the second straight week, rising to 16.49 percent for the week ended May 8, official data released Thursday showed.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday hinted at a hike in key interest rates to keep inflation in check while predicting a faster 8.2 percent growth in the current fiscal provided there is a normal monsoon.

Impacted by note ban, retail inflation fell to multi-year low of 3.17 per cent in January and may prompt the Reserve Bank to have a re-look at its hawkish

The producer price inflation of China has increased more than what is estimated in the month of January to near 6-year high on

Rogers believes that the Fed continue to tinker with the inflation levels by printing more money and has been offering some ideas on how to address it.

China stocks in Hng Kong fell sharply after the European Central Bank failed to expand its sovereign debt purchase plan, despite encouraging news of large drop in Chinese inflation.

Chinese and Hong Kong blue chips crept higher, following the lead of gains in U.S. markets. Turnover continues to be thin.

According to Richard Gibbs of Macquarie Securities reduced crude prices goes in favour of the Indian economy and gives RBI a scope for monetary accommodation Richard Gibbs Global HD, Macquarie More about the Expert Richard Gibbs, Global Head of Macquarie Securities is upbeat on India because he thinks there is room for structural expansion and the demand is much better than anywhere else in the world. According to him reduced crude prices goes in favour of the Indian economy and gives RBI a scope for monetary accommodation. It is also likely to produce some tailwind for the global economy. "It certainly provides latitude on the trade side but also in terms of the inflation side for the economy as well." The house remains a buyer on India. What is the sense you are getting. Are we now facing a fairly big challenge to global growth and therefore are risk assets going to head lower? A: I think the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is articulating that fairly well as we move into the IMF World Bank annual meeting in the next few days. It really is a case where the US is I suppose the best if you see IMF's parlance and that's for investors who have been searching for growth is a disappointment. So, now I suspect we are going to have people turning back towards in search for yield and that has become difficult as well with the expansion in quantitative easing measures around the world but most particularly by the European Central Bank of course. At the end of the day lower crude prices are probably growth positive and the issue there is whether they pertaining further disinflationary pressure/deflationary pressure in the major economies. Certainly for an economy like India, cooling in crude prices is a positive. It certainly provides latitude on the trade side but also in terms of the inflation side for the economy as well. It's a bit of a two-edged sword as I suppose in that sense but overall lower crude prices are likely to produce some tailwind for the global eco

Putting inclusive growth and taming price rise on top of United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) agenda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday predicted a 8.5 percent growth for this fiscal, while setting a medium-term target of 10 percent annual economic expansion for India with moderate inflation.

There is a urgent need to address the issue of structural supply constraints, particularly in agriculture, so that these do not become a binding constraint in the long run making the task of inflation management more difficult, RBI executive director Deepak Mohanty said recently.

Monsoon hit India's mainland in the southern coast of Kerala a day ahead of schedule on Monday, raising hopes of better rains this year that will raise farm output, help rein in food inflation and boost economic growth.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday endorsed the central bank's decision to hike key interest rates aimed at containing inflation without hurting growth.

Recovering rapidly from the global financial crisis, India is poised to grow at 8 percent this year, but inflation and excessive capital flows could pose a challenge, a gathering of world finance ministers was told on Saturday.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that prices of foodgrains are expected to come down after the rabi harvest, blaming the inflation on the supply bottleneck.

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