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India Consumer Prices (Aug. 2025)

India’s headline CPI inflation rose for the first time in ten months in August, but at just 2.1% it remains very low and we think it will only gradually rise back up to the RBI’s 4% target. This gives the Reserve Bank scope to resume its loosening cycle to provide a bit more policy support in the face of punitive US tariffs.

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