['DATE | 14_months', 'DATE | December', 'DATE | September', 'ORDINAL | first', 'ORDINAL | sixth', 'PERCENT | 4_per_cent']
The retail inflation rose close to the RBI's medium-term target of 4 per cent in September for the first time in 14 months, but analysts still predict a sharp economic slowdown will prompt a sixth consecutive interest rate cut in December.