'Health & Treatment' Inflation at 23.6%

EghtesadOnline: The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of "health and treatment" among 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households increased by 23.6% in the 12-month period ending Sept. 21, which marks the end of the sixth Iranian month, compared with last year’s corresponding period.

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30 September 2020

According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the CPI of the group stood at 198.4 in the month, indicating a 2.2% increase compared with the previous month.

The index, with a coefficient of 7.14%, registered an increase of 25.9% compared with the similar month of last year.

Iran's overall average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending Sept. 21 increased by 26% compared with the corresponding period of last year.

SCI had put the average annual inflation rate for the preceding Iranian month that ended on Aug. 21 at 25.8%.

The consumer inflation for the month under review (Aug. 22-Sept. 21) registered an increase of 34.4% compared with the similar month of the previous Iranian year. The year-on-year inflation of the month ending Aug. 21 was 30.4%.

The overall CPI (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 244.3 last month, indicating a 3.6% rise compared with the month before. Month-on-month consumer inflation was 3.5% for the preceding month (July 22-Aug. 21.)

SCI put average annual inflation for urban and rural areas at 26.1% and 25.4%, respectively.

CPI registered a year-on-year increase of 34.5% for urban areas and 34.1% for rural areas in the month ending Sept. 21.

The overall CPI reached 243.1 for urban households and 251 for rural households, indicating a month-on-month increase of 3.6% and 3.5% for urban and rural areas, respectively.