‘Food & Beverages’ Registers Highest Monthly Inflation

The “food and beverage” group has registered the highest rise in prices among the 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. 
With a coefficient of 26.64%, the Consumer Price Index of “food and beverages” stood at 458.8 in the month ending Sept. 22, indicating a 5.1% increase compared with the previous month.
The average goods and services CPI of the group in the 12-month period ending Sept. 22, which marks the end of the sixth Iranian month of fiscal 2021-22, increased by 59.9% compared with last year’s corresponding period.  
The “food and beverage” index registered a year-on-year increase of 62.4%. 
Latest data released by the Statistical Center of Iran show the rising inflation in the country has maintained its upward momentum in the sixth month of the current fiscal year (Aug. 23- Sept. 22).