SCI: Iran's Inflation at 38.9%

The average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending April 20, which marks the end of the first Iranian month of the fiscal 2021-22, increased by 38.9% 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 March 20, at 36.4%. 
The consumer inflation for the month under review (March 21-April 20) registered an increase of 49.5% compared with the similar month of the previous Iranian year. The year-on-year inflation of the month ending March 20 was 48.7%. 
The overall CPI (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 306.1 for the month to April 20, indicating a 2.7% rise compared with the month before. Month-on-month consumer inflation was at 1.8% for the preceding month.