Prices to fall in 2-3-months: Reddy

A three-pronged strategy to contain prices should bear fruit in the next 2-3-months and inflation will begin to moderate to 5-5.5 per cent by this financial year, Reserve Bank Governor, Dr Y V Reddy, said on Tuesday.

"Inflation should begin to moderate in the next 2-3-months following fiscal and supply-side measures taken by the government and the RBI's own monetary measures," Reddy said in his customary post-credit policy news conference.

Though forecasting a slowdown in economic growth to 8-8.5 per cent this fiscal, Reddy said that the expected good monsoon coupled with a strong performance from the services sector will propel growth.

"The only pressure point in the economy now is inflation. We are, therefore, giving highest priority to inflation," he said.

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