CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
3rd Quarter 2009
Highlights
1. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which stood at 117.1 in June 2009, registered a net increase of 0.7 point (or 0.6%) to reach 117.8 in September 2009.
2. The main reasons for the overall increase in the CPI from June to September
2009 were:
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higher prices of meat and sugar;
- higher prices of some ready-made clothing;
- higher prices of gasoline and diesel; and
- lower prices of milk.
3. The inflation rate for financial year 2008/09 was 6.9% and for calendar
year 2008 was 9.7%. On the basis of trends in previous years and recent price
changes, the inflation rate for calendar year 2009 is estimated at around
3%.
October 2009
More: CONSUMER
PRICE INDEX - 3rd Quarter 2009
Introduction
Table 1a - Monthly Consumer Price Index, January 2003 - September 2009
Table 1b - Comparative Monthly Consumer Price Index , January 2003 - September 2009
Table 2 - Main commodities that affected the CPI between June and September 2009
Table 3 : Monthly sub-indices by division of consumption expenditure, January - September 2009
Table 4 - Monthly CPI by division and group of consumption expenditure, October 2008 - September 2009
Table 5 - Inflation rate (%), 1990 - 2009
Annex
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