India's retail inflation eases to 1.54% in June
12 July 2017 2:15 PM GMT
India's retail, or consumer price index (CPI) based, inflation in June fell to 1.54 per cent, as compared to 5.77 per cent in the same month of last year, official data showed here on Wednesday.
The June retail inflation rate fell even as compared to May when it prevailed at a higher rate of 2.18 per cent.
Industrial output also decreased in May due to a slowdown in the manufacturing sector.
The data further revealed that output of the capital goods segment, considered as key indicator of investment, shrunk by 3.9 per cent compared to a high growth of 13.9 per cent recorded in May 2016.
The consumer durables segment too witnessed a decline. While mining sector output declined by 0.9 per cent in May against 5.7 per cent growth in the year-ago month, the growth of manufacturing sector slowed to 1.2 per cent from 8.6 per cent in the same month last year.
For the first time since January 2012, food prices saw deflation in May (-1.05 per cent) and the prospect of good monsoon rains is likely to keep food inflation in check.
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