Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-March 2008
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CPI and Inflation Rates
March
2008
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 3.07 per cent from 266.37 points in February 2008 to 274.55 points in March 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 19.1 per cent in February 2008 to 21.8 per cent in March 2008. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also increased from 9.3 per cent in February 2008 to 9.8 per cent in March 2008.