Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-May 2005
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May
2005
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.6 per cent from 183.4 points in April 2005 to 184.5 points in May 2005. The month-on-month overall inflation rate declined from 16.0 per cent in April 2005 to 14.8 per cent in May 2005. During the same period, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket rose from 8.0 per cent to 8.6 per cent.