‘Transportation’ Hit 36.2 Percent Inflation

“Transportation”, one of 12 groups of goods and services surveyed by the Statistical Center of Iran for calculating the inflation rate, registered an average annualized inflation of 36.2% in the seventh month of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Oct. 22).
The group’s month-on-month and year-on-year inflation rates reached 1.4% and 33.7% 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 and 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%.
The average annualized inflation in the month ending Oct. 22 stood at 42.9%, CI announced recently.