Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-May 2008
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CPI and Inflation Rates
May
2008
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 3.51 per cent from 281.88 points in April 2008 to 291.79 points in May 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 26.6 per cent in April 2008 to 31.5 per cent in May 2008. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also increased from 9.6 per cent in April 2008 to 10.5 per cent in May 2008.