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India's inflation still warrants further tightening

Yesterday’s wholesale prices data show headline inflation is falling. But inflation remains too high for comfort so we continue to expect the Reserve Bank (RBI) to raise rates by a further 50bp by mid-2011. That may, however, be the end of the tightening cycle and should not dent India’s strong growth prospects, despite poor industrial production figures released last Friday.

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