SCI: Consumer Inflation at 36.4%

The average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending March 20, which marks the end of the 12th month of the fiscal 2020-21, increased by 36.4% compared with the corresponding period of the year before, latest data released by the Statistical Center of Iran show. 
SCI had put the average annual inflation rate for the preceding Iranian month, which ended on Feb. 18, at 34.2%. 
The consumer inflation for the month under review (Feb. 19-March 20) registered an increase of 48.7% compared with the similar month of the previous Iranian year. The year-on-year inflation of the month ending Feb. 18 was at 48.2%. 
The overall CPI (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 298.1 for the month ending March 20, indicating a 1.8% rise compared with the month before. The month-on-month consumer inflation was 2.5% for the 11th month.