Wednesday, February 9, 2011

CPI inflation surges by 14.19 percent in January

ISLAMABAD (February 09, 2011): The CPI inflation surged by 14.19 percent in January 2011 over the corresponding period of the last year with prices of perishable food items soaring to 44.39 percent, according to Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). Official figures of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation released by the FBS here on Tuesday showed a decline of 1.30 percent in inflation which was largely attributed to the change in base effect.

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