The goods and services Consumer Price Index (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 429.6 in the month ending May 21, indicating a 3.5% rise compared to the previous month, making it the highest in six months, new data released by the Statistical Center of Iran show.
Month-on-month consumer inflation was 3.3% in the preceding month.
The average CPI in the 12 months to May 21 increased by 38.7% compared with the corresponding period of the year before.
SCI had put the average annual inflation rate for the preceding Iranian month (ended April 20) at 39.2%.
May 23, 2022 20:35
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