Hotels, Restaurants Register Highest Inflation With 63.7%

‘Hotels and restaurants’ registered 63.7% in annualized inflation in the third month of the current Iranian year (May 22-June 21) — the highest among 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran.
New data released by SCI show the group’s Consumer Price Index stood at 606.7 for the month under review – up 19.2% against the previous month. 
The year-on-year increase of the index was at 86.4%, again the highest among the groups surveyed.
The 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households include "food and beverages" with a coefficient of 26.64%, "tobacco" with 0.59%, "clothing and shoes" with 4.78%, "housing, water, electricity, natural gas and other fuels" with 35.5% (highest), "furniture, home appliances and their maintenance" with 3.93%, "health and treatment" with 7.14%, "transportation" with 9.41%, "communications" with 2.87%, "leisure and culture" with 1.65%, "education" with 1.86%, "hotels and restaurants" with 1.44% and "miscellaneous items and services" with 4.18%.