"H otels and Restaurants”, one of 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran, registered an average annualized inflation rate of 73.9% in the ninth month of the current Iranian year (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — the highest rate among the groups under review.
The group’s month-on-month and year-on-year inflation rates reached 1.5% and 78.5% respectively.
The year-on-year inflation rate was also the highest among the 12 groups surveyed.
The 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services surveyed by SCI include "food and beverages" with a coefficient of 26.64%, "tobacco" with 0.59%, "clothing and shoes" with 4.78%, “housing and utilities" with 35.5% (highest), "furniture, home appliances and their maintenance" with 3.93%, "health and treatment" with 7.14%, "transportation" with 9.41%, "communications" with 2.87%, "leisure and culture" with 1.65%, "education" with 1.86%, "hotels and restaurants" with 1.44% and "miscellaneous items and services" with 4.18%.