Understanding India’s Food Inflation »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2016/2
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Rahul Anand , Naresh Kumar , and Volodymyr Tulin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 January 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513581347.001
ISBN: 9781513581347
Keywords: food inflation, cereal buffer stocks, food, cereals, rice, wheat, food supply, Forecasting and Simulation, Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments
Over the past decade, India has seen a prolonged period of high inflation, to a large extent driven by persistently-high food inflation. This paper investigates the demand and supply factors behind the contribution...