India's consumer price inflection(1) quickened slightly to 5.7 per cent in January, official data showed Friday, presenting a potential headacke(2) for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the national budget due later this month.The aceleration(3) from a 5.6 per cent rise in December marks the sixth month in a row that gained pace, with the rate driven up by higher food prices.
"The pick-up was in large part due to a rise in food inflation, the result of delays in the sowing of the rabi (winter) crop emid(4) unusually warm temperatures in recent months," Shilan Shah, India Economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a note.January's inflation was higher than expected, with the median estimate of 36 economists in a Bloomberg News survey predicting prices would rise 5.4 per cent last month.However, it still fell comfartably(5) within the central bank's short-term target to keep inflation below six per cent until January 2016.
Guess correct spelling of the word
1 a) Inflection b)inflection c ) inflation d) infletion
2 a) headack b)headache c)headech d)headaceh
3 a)aceration b)axcelaratin c)acceleration d)axelation
4 a)amid b)emid c)emed d)emmid
5 a)comfertably b)comfortablee c) comforatably d) comfortably
Correct Answers and their meaning
1) c inflation = a general increase in prices and fall in purchasing value of money
2) b headache = person or thing that causes difficulty or worry
3) c acceleration = increase in rate or speed
4) b amid= in the middle or in an atmosphere
5) d comfortably = as large as in needed or wanted
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