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Consumer Prices (May)

India’s consumer price inflation jumped to a six-month high in May on the back of an unexpected surge in core inflation, which we suspect is a result of rising commodity prices now seeping into retail prices. But that should reverse soon enough and in turn pull the headline rate down over the coming months.

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