Inflation eases to 10-month low

Pulled down by the continued cuts in fuel prices, year-on-year inflation fell to a 10-month low last month, the Central Statistics Office(CSO) has reported.According to CSO data, annual inflation fell to 11.7 percent, down by 1.1 percentage points from 12.8 percent in January.


The last time annual inflation was under 12 percent was in April last year, before it went up to an all- time high 15.1 percent  because of  high food and oil prices.

"The February National Consumer Price Index was 124.1, registering an increase of 0.2 percent on the January index of 123.8. The rural villages' index moved from 129.3 to 129.4 between January and February, an increase of 0.1 percent. 

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