Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-December 2008
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CPI and Inflation Rates
December
2008
Overview
The CPI increased by 1.5 percent from 301.79 points in November 2008 to 306.28 points in December 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate decreased from 29.4 percent in November 2008 to 27.7 percent in December 2008. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket decreased from 12.3 percent in November 2008 to 10.6 per cent in December 2008.