Coal crisis, global energy spike risks to inflation: Economists

"Higher global energy prices, including oil, present an upside risk to the inflation trajectory over the coming months. Greater pass through to pump prices - in the absence of any reduction in excise duties - electricity and other input costs could lead to a more broad-based increase in inflation," HDFC Bank economist Sakshi Gupta said.

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