Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Inflation vs inflation

...............The WPI and the new CPI have significantly diverged and, consequently, the debate between the pro- and anti-WPI viewpoints has not abated at all. With the RBI's recent and prospective interest rate cuts being very much in the spotlight, the softening in the WPI provides a rationale for these actions, while CPI inflation, still in double digits, cautions against them. The critical question is whether the divergence between the two indices is contributing to significant policy errors....................

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