Tumbling prices in India boost expectations of more rate cuts
August wholesale price index down 4.95% amid falling fuel costs
New Delhi
INDIA'S wholesale prices tumbled for a 10th straight month in August, pressured by falling fuel costs and bolstering prospects of an interest rate cut by the central bank later this month.
The wholesale price index (WPI) fell an annual 4.95 per cent last month compared with a 4.4 per cent year-on-year decline forecast by economists in a Reuters poll and a provisional 4.05 per cent slide in July.
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