SCI: Urban Inflation 6.8%

EghtesadOnline: The goods and services Consumer Price Index for urban areas reached 6.8% in the 12-month period ending February 18, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Bahman, compared with last year’s corresponding period, according to the Statistical Center of Iran’s latest report.

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20 February 2017

SCI put the preceding month’s inflation rate at 6.9%. The overall consumer price index (using the Iranian year to March 2012 as the base year) stood at 238.3 in Bahman, indicating a 0.4% increase compared with the previous month and a year-on-year rise to reach 7.1% compared with last year’s corresponding month, according to Financial Tribune.