{
  "id": 13099209,
  "title": "RBI Working Paper No. 01/2026: Data Gaps in State-Level Inflation: An Assessment for the Covid Period",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/rbi-working-paper-no-01-2026-data-gaps-in-state-level-inflation-an",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:20:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reserve Bank of India",
    "slug": "reserve-bank-of-india",
    "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=63776"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a working paper titled \"Data Gaps in State-Level Inflation: An Assessment for the Covid Period,\" co-authored by Purnima Shaw and R. K. Sinha. The paper highlights the challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic in collecting and compiling official statistics, particularly in deriving state-wise inflation figures. The authors utilized RBI's Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) data to estimate state-wise consumer price index (CPI-U) inflation for four pandemic months, April and May 2020, and April and May 2021. These estimates closely align with the all-India official CPI inflation series, demonstrating the importance of state-level inflation data in the current inflation targeting regime. The paper emphasizes the value of such estimates for future research on state-level inflation time-series data.",
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}