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Centre bans export of non-basmati white rice to check price rise
The domestic prices of rice are on an increasing trend.
| Photo Credit: The Hindu
The Centre banned the export of non-basmati white rice on Thursday. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade under the Union Commerce Ministry announced in…
Nationwide surge in food prices shows retail inflation far from tamed
Data from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution’s Price Monitoring Division show that prices of 9 of the 10 key food items sampled by The Hindu had increased as on June 27, 2023 from a month earlier. The price of…
Data | Less than half of urban consumers pessimistic about the economy
Consumer confidence: A man counts Indian currency notes inside a shop in Mumbai, India, August 13, 2018.
| Photo Credit: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the share of urban consumers who were…
Inflation Kept At 6 % Or Below Despite Adverse Circumstances: Finance Minister
<!-- -->Price rise is a matter on which the Centre is very sensitive and responsive, the Finance Minister said.Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the inflation has been kept at six per cent or below…
U.S. consumer inflation eased again to 6.5% in December
Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation’s grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it.Inflation declined…
US consumer spending rebounds in August; inflation picks up – Times of India
WASHINGTON: US consumer spending rebounded in August, but aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve as it battles stubbornly high inflation are slowing demand, which could limit an anticipated rebound in economic activity this…