‘Leisure and Culture’ Inflation at 31 Percent

“Leisure and culture”, one of 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran for calculating the inflation, registered 31% in annualized inflation in the sixth month of the current Iranian year (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The group’s month-on-month and year-on-year inflation rates were reported at 2.6% and 32.3% respectively.
The 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services surveyed by SCI include "food and beverage" with a coefficient of 26.64%, "tobacco" with 0.59%, "clothing and shoes" with 4.78%, "utilities" 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%.