Consumer price index increases in April 2008

30 May '08

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The headline inflation rate at April 2008 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas at April 2008 compared with that at April 2007) was 11.1%

The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at April 2008 compared with that at April 2007) was 11.1% at April 2008.

This rate was 0.5 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 10.6% at March 2008 (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for the historical metropolitan areas at March 2008 compared with that at March 2007).

From March 2008 to April 2008 the Consumer Price Index for the historical metropolitan areas increased by 1.8%.

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 10.4% at April 2008 (i.e. the CPIX at April 2008 compared with that at April 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 10.4% at April 2008 (i.e. the CPIX at April 2008 compared with that at April 2007). This rate was 0.3 of a percentage point higher than the corresponding annual rate of 10.1% at March 2008.

From March 2008 to April 2008 the CPIX for the historical metropolitan and other urban areas increased by 1.6%.

CPI Headline April 2008 = 11.1%
CPIX April 2008 = 10.4%

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