The weight of food and beverages will be cut to 36.75 per cent in the new consumer price index (CPI) series from 45.86 per cent currently ...

The revised CPI, with 2024=100 as the new base, aims to better reflect changing household consumption patterns, rising ...

The January retail inflation data will reflect price movements in airfares, e-commerce platforms and subscription rates of OTT channels like Amazon Prime, with the statistics ministry expanding ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.0% in January from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing from the previous month but matching the ...

India will shift to a new Consumer Price Index series with 2024 as the base year from 12 February 2026, after an expert group ...

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Experts recommend reducing food and beverage weight in CPI to enhance stability in inflation measurements ahead of 2024 data release.

The new CPI series is expected to be released on February 12, according to the Economic Survey for fiscal year 2025-26 ...

The basket of new consumer price index will comprise 358 items, representing the pace of price hike across sectors. In the existing series, prices are collected for 299 representational items.

SBI report indicates CPI base year revision may raise overall inflation by 20-30 basis points, reflecting new consumption ...

The government had formed an expert group to measure CPI accurately, with the changing consumption behaviour of the ...

India's inflation basket gets its biggest update in over a decade, with food weight falling sharply and miscellaneous split ...