Thursday, July 23, 2009

Inflation fell 1.17%

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Date : Jul-23-2009 15:41

Inflation stayed negative for the sixth consecutive week at -1.17% for the week ended July 11, 2009 as compared to -1.21% in the previous week ended July 4, 2009 while 12.13% during the corresponding week July 12, 2008.

The wholesale price index for all commodities, used to measure the inflation, was up 0.1 per cent on a week-on-week basis, at 236.7 as against 236.4 for the previous week. Moreover, the index for Primary Articles group shot up by 0.7% to 260.3 from 258.5 for the previous week. The index for ''Food Articles'' group grew by 0.9% to 255.9 from 253.6. The index for Fuel & Power group rose by 0.1% to 338.4 from 338.2 for the previous week. The index for Manufactured group fell by 0.1% to 205.9 from 206.1 the previous week.


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