Sri Lanka’s national inflation steady at 40-month high of 8.1-pct in September
Photo: EconomyNextAI summary · 1 min read
1 min readFrom 2 outlets- EconomyNext reports that the National Consumer Price Index stood at 224.2 in September, up from 223.9 in August.
- EconomyNext reports that annual food inflation rose to 6.9%, while non-food inflation eased to 9.1%.
- EconomyNext reports that the index covers 485 items and is released after the Colombo Consumer Price Index.
Your take
Be the first to reactDiscussion
Readers' views on this storyStory alerts
Get an email when an outlet reports something new on this story.
Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- Daily FT · Continued positive growth in consumer sentiment
- Hiru News · IMF projects Sri Lanka inflation to remain above 5% through 2027
- Daily Mirror · Businesses add jobs, pin hopes on year-end demand
- Daily FT · Tourism earnings rise for second month, but YTD revenue falls 9.2%
- Daily Mirror · Tea production hits decade low as September output slides