The inflation decline comes on the heels of positive jobs data, with hiring accelerating in September and the unemployment rate falling to 4.1 per cent
Read MoreAccording to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation recently, retail inflation or Consumer Price Index in August was at 3.65 per cent
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Read MoreThe central bank says treating food price spikes as merely temporary is increasingly untenable, particularly as these price pressures threaten to spill over into more generalised inflation
Read MoreThe index numbers are compiled with data received from institutional sources and selected manufacturing units across the country
Read More"CPI inflation is expected to remain below or close to 5.0 per cent in the remaining months, except for Sep'24 and October 2024," the report says
Read MoreAnnual retail inflation in May was at a 12-month low of 4.75 per cent, marginally down from 4.83 per cent in April
Read MoreWhile Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed the fall in headline inflation in May, it has likely come too late to turn around his fortunes in British elections on 4 July or to prompt a Bank of England rate cut on Thursday
Read MoreThe headline CPI inflation for May 2024 is marginally down to 4.75 per cent from the previous month's 4.83 per cent
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