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Utilities Inflation at 23.3%

Oct 31, 2020, 1:10 PM
News ID: 33929
Utilities Inflation at 23.3%

EghtesadOnline: The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of utilities (water, electricity and gas) in the 12-month period ending Oct. 21, which marks the end of the seventh Iranian month, increased by 23.3% compared with last year’s corresponding period.

According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the CPI of utilities stood at 203.7 in the period, indicating a 4.5% increase compared with the month before. 

The group’s index, which has the biggest impact on total inflation rate with a coefficient of 35.5%, registered a year-on-year increase of 26.3%.