With food products recording deflation, wholesale inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) dipped to 0.13 per cent in September, government reported on Tuesday. This is similar to retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which slipped to a 99-month low at 1.5 per cent in September.

WPI-based inflation was 0.52 per cent in August and 1.91 per cent in September last year. “Positive rate of inflation in September 2025, is primarily due to an increase in prices of manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, non-food articles, other transport equipment and textiles etc,” the government statement said. Though wholesale inflation does not have much role in consideration for policy interest rate review, it is used to gauge overall price scenario.

“WPI inflation in

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