Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates – September 2024
Changes in Average Retail Prices of Selected Commodities in the Last One Month
CPI September 2024
Changes in average retail prices of selected commodities in the last one year
CPI September 2024
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CPI and Inflation Rates
September
2024
Overview
The year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) eased to 3.6 per cent in September 2024. This means that the general price level was 3.6 per cent higher in September 2024 than it was in September 2023. The price increase was mainly driven by the rise in prices of commodities under Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (5.1%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (2.6%) and Transport (0.5%) between September 2023 and September 2024. These three divisions account for over 57 per cent of the weights of the 13 broad categories.