‘Housing, Utilities’ Hit 28.4 Percent Inflation

“Housing and utilities (water, electricity, natural gas and other fuels)”, one of 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran for calculating the Consumer Price Index, registered 28.4% in annualized inflation in the fifth month of the current Iranian year (July 23-Aug. 22).
SCI put the group’s month-on-month and year-on-year inflation rates at 2.8% and 35.5% respectively.
The 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services surveyed by SCI 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%.