‘Food & Beverages’ Registers Highest Inflation at 61.4%

The “food and beverage” group registered the highest annualized inflation among 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services during the seventh month of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) at 61.4%.
With a coefficient of 26.64%, the CPI of “food and beverages” for all Iranian households stood at 481.9 in the month to Oct. 22, indicating a 5% increase compared with the month before. 
The index registered a year-on-year increase of 61.3% - also the highest among the groups under review.
The overall goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending Oct. 22 increased by 45.4% compared with the corresponding period of the year before, latest data released by the Statistical Center of Iran show.