With 45.4%, Transportation Registers Highest Average Annual Inflation

The average Consumer Price Index of the transportation sector in the 12-month period ending July 21, which marks the end of the fourth Iranian month, increased by 45.4% compared with the similar period of the year before.
The sector has registered the highest growth among 12 groups of the basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.
With a coefficient of 9.41%, the CPI stood at 283.5 for the month under review, indicating a 7% increase compared with the month before—also the highest growth among the basket of consumer goods and services, the Statistical Center of Iran reported. 
The transportation index registered a year-on-year increase of 55.9%. 
The overall average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending July 21 increased by 26.4% compared with the corresponding period of last year, latest data released by the Statistical Center of Iran show.