Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-September 2005
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CPI and Inflation Rates
September
2005
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by 0.5 per cent from 180.2 points in August 2005 to 179.4 points in September 2005. Month-on-month overall inflation rate declined from 6.9 per cent in August 2005 to 4.3 per cent in September 2005. During the same period, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also decreased marginally from 6.7 per cent to 6.6 per cent.