India central bank expected to reboot monetary policy, focus on consumer inflation


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai. Under new Governor Raghuram Rajan, the RBI has made fighting inflation a priority because of its pernicious impact on the poor – Reuters Photo.

MUMBAI: India's central bank could soon unveil a major change in monetary policy to explicitly make managing consumer inflation, rather than wholesale prices, its main objective.

The shift would be a significant one in a country that's long struggled to contain retail prices.

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