Data recap: Steady inflation, merchandise trade deficit, made-in-India iPhones

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Every Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. India's retail inflation remained largely steady at 4.83% in April, compared to 4.85% in March, but rising food prices continue to be a concern. Meanwhile, the merchandise trade deficit widened to a four-month-high in April mainly because of a surge in gold and oil imports. HCLTech bucks attrition trend Most top software services companies face shrinking headcounts, but HCL Technologies has emerged as an outlier with an increase of 1,537...