31. Japan's wholesale price index fell 1 . 4 percent in July, the 52nd month of year-on-year declines. 32. Taiwan's wholesale price index fell 0 . 40 percent in June on the year, the directorate said. 33. The wholesale price index slipped to 102 . 4 in November from 103 . 0 in October. 34. The wholesale price index stood at 133.9. 35. The Wholesale Price Index or WPI is " the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods ". 36. The Wholesale Price Index , meanwhile, rose 19 percent year on year in the first quarter . ( THAILAND-INFLATION) 37. The wholesale price index has risen to 8.6 percent from 5 percent since Vajpayee assumed power in March. 38. Mishra said the new prices will raise inflation, measured by the wholesale price index , by only 0.74 percent. 39. Mishra said the new prices will raise inflation, measured by the wholesale price index , only by 0.74 percent. 40. The latest wholesale price index , or WPI, showed prices rose 0.4 percent during March from a year earlier.