Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-December 2006
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CPI and Inflation Rates
December
2006
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 2.6 per cent from 208.6 points in November 2006 to 214.1 points in December 2006. Month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 14.6 per cent in November 2006 to 15.6 per cent in December 2006. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket remained at 5.9 per cent in December as was in November 2006.