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‘Transportation’ Hit 36.2 Percent Inflation

Nov 2, 2022, 10:11 PM
News ID: 36727

EghtesadOnline: T “ransportation”, one of 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran for calculating the inflation rate, registered an average annualized inflation of 36.2% in the seventh month of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Oct. 22).

The group’s month-on-month and year-on-year inflation rates reached 1.4% and 33.7% respectively.

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%.

The average annualized inflation in the month ending Oct. 22 stood at 42.9%, CI announced recently.