Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-September 2008
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CPI and Inflation Rates
September
2008
Overview
The CPI increased by 1.57 percent from 288.06 points in August 2008 to 292.57 points in September 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 27.6 percent in August 2008 to 28.2 percent in September 2008. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket increased from 13.1 percent in August 2008 to 13.3 percent in September 2008.