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Consumer Prices (Aug.)

The drop in India’s consumer price inflation in August was driven by a continued fall in food inflation. We expect a broader easing in price pressures to bring headline inflation further below the 6% upper limit of the RBI’s target range over the coming months, so we remain comfortable with our view that policy rates will be kept on hold for a while longer.

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