Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-August 2008
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August
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Overview
The CPI increased by 0.50 percent from 286.62 points in July 2008 to 288.06 points in August 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 26.5 percent in July 2008 to 27.6 percent in August 2008. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket increased from 12.2 percent in July 2008 to 13.1 percent in August 2008.