India's wholesale price inflation climbs to series high of 11.39% in September on broad-based price rise

Key facts

• India's wholesale price inflation (WPI), based on the 2022-23 series, rose to a series high of 11.39 per cent in September from 9.92 per cent in August, driven by broad-based increases in food, fuel and manufactured product prices.
• The all-commodities index rose to 112.5 in September from 110.8 in August.
• Fuel and power inflation rose to 25.85 per cent in September from 22.93 per cent in August, with crude petroleum and natural gas inflation surging to 57.32 per cent from 34.41 per cent.
• Primary articles inflation rose to 8.67 per cent, the highest in the new series, from 7.76 per cent, while food inflation jumped to a 21-month high of 8.14 per cent from 5.67 per cent.
• Manufactured products inflation, carrying a weight of 63.1 per cent, rose to 9.76 per cent from 8.37 per cent, the highest in the current 2022-23 series.
• India's goods output producer price index (PPI) inflation rose to 11.39 per cent in September from 9.81 per cent in August.