Sri Lanka October Consumer Price Index by Category
By Manish Modi -
2011-10-31T09:47:44Z
Following are details of Sri Lanka’s October Consumer Price Index or CCPI(N) by category released by the Department of Census and Statistics in Colombo.
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Oct. Sept. Aug. July June May April
Category 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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------------------------ YoY% --------------------------
All Items 5.1% 6.4% 7.0% 7.4% 7.1% 8.1% 8.8%
Food & Beverages 3.8% 6.6% 8.2% 9.3% 10.1% 12.7% 14.3%
Clothing & Footwear 14.8% 14.2% 14.8% 14.5% 13.4% 12.7% 13.2%
Housing & Utilities 5.8% 5.7% 4.8% 4.8% 3.7% 4.3% 4.6%
Household Maintenance 5.8% 5.6% 5.5% 5.5% 4.9% 4.0% 3.6%
Health 3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 3.3% 1.6% 1.2% 0.9%
Transport 9.9% 10.1% 10.1% 10.1% 6.3% 5.5% 5.2%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Recreation 4.8% 4.8% 5.2% 7.0% 6.4% 6.4% 6.3%
Education 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% 3.6% 3.6% 3.6%
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Oct. Sept. Aug. July June May April
Category 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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Miscellaneous 4.0% 3.8% 3.7% 3.4% 3.9% 4.0% 3.8%
------------------------ MoM% --------------------------
All Items -0.1% 0.3% -0.3% 0.3% -0.2% 0.6% 0.0%
Food & Beverages -0.4% 0.1% -0.7% -0.8% -1.0% 0.6% -1.8%
Clothing & Footwear 0.9% 0.3% 1.1% 1.4% 1.3% 1.0% 0.7%
Housing & Utilities 0.1% 1.0% 0.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.9% 2.2%
Household Maintenance 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.6% 1.0% 0.5% 1.5%
Health 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0%
Transport -0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 0.7% 0.7% 3.4%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Recreation 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Education 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Miscellaneous 0.6% 0.2% 0.5% 0.7% 0.2% 0.3% 0.7%
--------------- Index levels (2002=100) ----------------
All Items 151.5 151.7 151.3 151.7 151.2 151.5 150.6
Food & Beverages 169.2 169.9 169.7 170.9 172.3 174.1 173.1
Clothing & Footwear 152.5 151.1 150.6 148.9 146.8 144.9 143.5
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Oct. Sept. Aug. July June May April
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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Housing & Utilities 126.9 126.8 125.6 125.5 124.8 124.4 123.3
Household Maintenance 135.7 135.4 135.2 135.0 134.2 132.9 132.3
Health 243.3 243.3 243.3 243.2 238.7 237.7 236.8
Transport 153.7 154.0 154.0 154.0 148.5 147.4 146.4
Communication 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.3
Recreation 141.4 141.4 140.5 140.5 137.8 137.8 137.7
Education 140.6 140.6 140.6 140.6 140.6 140.6 140.6
Miscellaneous 133.0 132.2 132.0 131.4 130.5 130.3 129.9
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Note: Percent changes are calculated by Bloomberg. Index levels are
based at 2006/2007=100.
Source: Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
To contact the reporter on this story: Manish Modi in New Delhi at mmodi6@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Marco Babic at mbabic@bloomberg.net.
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