Wholsale Price fall's in the month of January

Wholesale prices fell for a 15th straight month in January, declining an annual 0.90 percent, driven down by tumbling oil prices, government data showed on Monday.

The pace of fall, however, was slower than a 0.15 % annual decline forecast by economists in a poll. In December, the index fell a tentative 0.73 percent.

The wholesale fuel costs dropped 9.21 % from a year ago in January, while prices of manufactured goods declined 1.17 % year on year.

Food prices last month, however, gained 6.02 % year-on-year, compared with a provisional 8.17 % gain in December.