India Macro-Finance TrackerPrecious metals contribution Original
Contribution of gold and silver jewellery to CPI inflation. Monthly, percentage_points. Latest: 0.63 (Sep 2026).
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About this series
| Series id | cpi_precious_metals_contribution |
| Source | MoSPI; site calculation: CPI (base 2024) items with recovered weights |
| Coverage | Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 (9 observations) |
| Release | with the national CPI release |
| Updated by | Daily automated pipeline · pipelines/sources/derived/cpi_underlying.py |
| Licence | Open government data (NDSAP / GODL-India): free to reuse with attribution |
| Notes | Percentage points of headline y/y inflation from gold and silver jewellery. From January 2026. Matches RBI's published values to rounding; method in docs/guidebook/08-original-measures.md. |
| Checked against the official release | Not yet. Values come straight from the publisher, but no one has yet compared them with the press release. |
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Cite: India Macro-Finance Tracker (2026). Contribution of gold and silver jewellery to CPI inflation [cpi_precious_metals_contribution]. Retrieved 2 Nov 2026. Original source: MoSPI; site calculation.
Latest observations
| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 0.63 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Aug 2026 | 0.70 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Jul 2026 | 0.68 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Jun 2026 | 0.78 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| May 2026 | 0.86 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Apr 2026 | 0.81 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Mar 2026 | 0.86 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Feb 2026 | 0.90 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Jan 2026 | 0.85 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
Revisions
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