Date:30/12/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/30/stories/2006123003851500.htm

Business - Briefly

Inflation rate rises to 5.43 p.c.

NEW DELHI: The inflation rate rose to 5.43 per cent during the week ended December 16 from 5.32 per cent in the previous week as essential food items like wheat, bajra and arhar and some manufactured goods became dearer.