Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-May 2009
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CPI and Inflation Rates
May
2009
Overview
The CPI decreased by 1.9 percent from 355.36 points in April 2009 to 348.76 points in May 2009. Month-on-month overall inflation rate decreased from
26.1 percent in April 2009 to 19.5 percent in May 2009. The month on month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also decreased from 8.2 percent in April to 7.0 percent in May 2009.