Consumer Price Index up in Feb

28 Mar '08

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The headline inflation rate at February 2008 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at February 2008 compared with that at February 2007) was 9.8%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at February 2008 compared with that at February 2007) was 9.8% at February 2008.

This rate was 0.5 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 9.3% at January 2008 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at January 2008 compared with that at January 2007).

From January 2008 to February 2008 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas increased by 0.3%.

The annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds (CPIX) for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas was 9.4% at February 2008 (i.e. the CPIX at February 2008 compared with that at February 2007)

The annual percentage change in the CPIX, which is the Consumer Price Index excluding interest rates on mortgage bonds, for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas was 9,4% at February 2008 (i.e. the CPIX at February 2008 compared with that at February 2007). This rate was 0.6 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 8.8% at January 2008.

From January 2008 to February 2008 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 0.4%.

CPI Headline February 2008 = 9.8%

CPIX February 2008 = 9.4%

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