Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-May 2007
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CPI and Inflation Rates
May
2007
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by 0.3 per cent from 222.6 points in April 2007 to 221.8 points in May 2007. However, month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 5.7 per cent in April 2007 to 6.3 per cent in May 2007. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket declined from 5.9 per cent in April 2007 to 5.7 per cent in May 2007.