Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-October 2006
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CPI and Inflation Rates
October
2006
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.9 per cent from 204.2 points in September 2006 to 208.0 points in October 2006. Month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 13.8 per cent in September 2006 to 15.7 per cent in October 2006. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also rose from 5.7 per cent to 6.0 per cent.