Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-October 2008
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CPI and Inflation Rates
October
2008
Overview
The CPI increased by 0.96 percent from 292.57 points in September 2008 to 295.38 points in October 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 28.2 percent in September 2008 to 28.4 percent in October 2008. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket decreased from 13.3 percent in September 2008 to 13.0 percent in October 2008.