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受燃油成本上漲影響,印度3月批發價格上漲

-- 受燃油價格上漲的影響,印度3月批發價格指數(WPI)較去年同期上漲3.88%,較2月2.13%的漲幅有所加快。印度商業和工業部(MCI)週三發布了這項消息。 MCI補充道,3月印度WPI季增1.64%。 3月初,霍爾木茲海峽航運實際上關閉,導致全球石油和天然氣價格飆升。全球約20%的化石燃料供應都要經過該海峽。 由於供應短缺,根據MCI統計,3月印度原油WPI季增49.10%,年增51.57%。 WPI與消費者物價指數(CPI)不同,後者衡量的是一般消費者在零售場所面臨的價格。 WPI能夠反映供應鏈和生產部門的成本壓力,被認為是CPI後續變化的一個先兆。 根據印度市場指數(MCI)報告,3月印度批發食品指數較去年同期上漲1.85%,製成品批發物價指數(WPI)較去年同期上漲3.39%。 毫無疑問,波斯灣動盪帶來的價格壓力將受到印度儲備銀行(RBI,印度央行)的密切關注。 印度儲備銀行設定的年度消費者物價指數(CPI)目標區間為4%,上下浮動2%。 印度統計部週一公佈的數據顯示,3月印度CPI年增3.40%,高於2月的3.21%。 上週,印度儲備銀行決定維持其關鍵政策利率在5.25%不變,理由是經濟成長相對強勁,但地緣政治緊張局勢以及通膨壓力正在顯現。

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