NEW DELHI: Rising food, vegetable and fuel prices pushed wholesale price inflation to a six-month high of 3.6% in October, dimming hopes of a cut in interest rate when the RBI meets to review monetary policy next month.Data released by the commerce and industry ministry on Tuesday showed inflation, measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), rose an annual 3.6% in October, higher than the previous month’s rise of 2.6% and 1.3% increase in October 2016.The jump in WPI inflation in October mirrors the rise in retail inflation, which accelerated to a seven-month high of 3.6% on the back of an increase in food, fuel and housing prices.Food inflation nearly doubled to 4.3% in October from previous month’s 2%. Vegetable prices rose an annual 36.6%, while onion prices soared 127% during the month, a sharp jump from previous month’s 79.8% increase. Fuel and power inflation hit 10.5% compared to previous month’s 9% rise.Policymakers hoped that the rising trend would be reversed soon. “Hopefully, increasing trend will prove to be seasonal and we will continue to have sub-4% inflation,” economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said on Twitter.Economists said they expect WPI inflation to be around 3.5-4% by the end of the current financial year, but rising global crude could put pressure on domestic prices in the months ahead. They said an increase in excise duty on petrol & diesel last month would also add to pressure.“The rise in food inflation is likely to be carried forward to November given the sustained rise in prices of vegetables and fruits. Lowering of GST rates would tend to moderate prices provided there is a pass through of the benefits,” said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at Care Ratings . “We do not expect the RBI to cut interest rates in its December monetary policy meet,” he said in a note.