India wholesale prices rise 9.92% year-on-year in August
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FILE PHOTO: A worker climbs down sacks of rice inside a warehouse at a wholesale market in Navi Mumbai, India, January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - India's wholesale prices rose 9.92% year-on-year in August, government data showed on Monday, as oil and food prices increased at a faster pace.
The print was higher than the 9.78% rise a month ago and economists' average projection of 9.89% in a Reuters poll.
UPDATE
-Wholesale food prices rose 7.05% year-on-year in August after rising 6.65% in July.
-Prices of manufactured products rose 8.37% year-on-year in August after an 8.29% year-on-year rise a month ago.
-Fuel and power prices increased 22.93% year-on-year in August, as against a rise of 20.05% a month ago.
- Petroleum and natural gas prices rose 34.41% year-on-year in August after a 26.99% rise in July.
- Producer prices in August rose 9.8% year-on-year against a 9.57% rise in the previous month, according to Reuters calculation.
(Reporting by Shivangi Acharya; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
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