Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-February 2006
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CPI and Inflation Rates
February
2006
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 4.0 per cent from 201.3 points in January 2006 to 209.3 points in February 2006. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 15.4 per cent in January 2006 to 18.9 per cent in February 2006. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket declined marginally from 5.5 per cent to 5.4 per cent.