India's Jan WPI inflation eases marginally to 12.96% y/y By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A vendor waits for customers at his shop inside a vegetable market in Kolkata,Risk management India, February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual wholesale price-based inflation eased marginally to 12.96% in January from the previous month's figure of 13.56%, government data showed on Monday.

January's figure was higher than 12.70% forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts, amid higher food prices, up 9.55% on the year, versus 9.24% in December.

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