Sri Lanka’s inflation rate based on NCPI drops to minus 0.2% in Sept
Non-food inflation decreased to minus 0.7 per cent in the month from 0.2 per cent reported in the preceding month.
The NCPI with an index reference period 2013=100 was updated to a new index reference period 2021=100. The updated NCPI will be released for every month commencing from January 2023 with a time lag of 21 days covering the entire country, a DCS release said.
The NCPI for all items for September 2024 was 203.1, a decrease of 1 index point, compared to August, for which the index was 204.1.
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