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WPI inflation

9.9%
year on year, Aug 2026

Above its usual range of 0.3% to 5.1%. The record is 16.6%, in May 2022. Up from 0.0% a year ago.

201520202025−10.0%−5.0%0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%16.6%, May 2022−6.1%, Aug 2015usual range, 0.3% to 5.1%9.9%201520202025−10.0%−5.0%0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%16.6%, May 2022−6.1%, Aug 2015usual range, 0.3% to 5.1%9.9%2014201620182020202220242026−10.0%−5.0%0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%16.6%, May 2022−6.1%, Aug 2015usual range, 0.3% to 5.1%9.9%2014201620182020202220242026−10.0%−5.0%0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%16.6%, May 2022−6.1%, Aug 2015usual range, 0.3% to 5.1%9.9%

What it is. Wholesale prices against a year earlier.

How to read it. Wholesale prices move with commodities and feed into company costs. A wide gap with CPI squeezes or lifts margins.

Source: Office of the Economic Adviser Method Data

The numbers

Latest9.9%Aug 2026
A week ago9.8%
A month ago9.8%
A year ago0.0%
Usual range0.3% to 5.1%
Median2.3%
Lowest−6.1%1 Aug 2015
Highest16.6%1 May 2022
Percentile, full history88
Percentile, last 5 years75

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2013. A percentile is the share of the 161 readings since 1 Apr 2013 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.

To cite: tipsheet, “WPI inflation”, data to Aug 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/wpi-inflation/

Read it with

Core CPI inflation 4.4%usual
Industrial production growth 8.0%usual
CPI inflation 4.8%usual
Real GDP growth 7.8%above usual
Unemployment rate (PLFS) 5.0%new series
Market value of NSE-listed companies ₹467.7 lakh crbelow its record

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.