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The Ministry of Commerce and announced its Wholesale Price Index<\/a> (WPI) statistics.<\/p>\n

Highlights:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Provisional Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based Inflation<\/a> increased to a five-month high of 12.54 percent in October 2021, compared to 66 percent in September.<\/p>\n

An increase in gasoline and manufacturing prices was blamed for the increase.<\/p>\n

The benchmark inflation has been in double digits for seven months in a row. The benchmark inflation rate in October 2020 was 1.31 percent.<\/p>\n

When compared to the same month the previous year, the high rate of inflation in October 2021 was driven by a surge in the costs of mineral oils, basic metals, crude petroleum and natural gas, food, chemicals, and chemical products, among other things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Commerce and announced its Wholesale Price Index (WPI) statistics. Highlights: Provisional Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based Inflation increased to a five-month high of 12.54 percent in October 2021, compared to 66 percent in September. An increase in gasoline and manufacturing prices was blamed for the increase. 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