YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATES

In September 2021, Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households went down to 6.5% from 6.7% in August 2021. Transport posted the highest inflation rate at a double digit record of 15.3% among the commodity groups along with Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco at 14.7%. Annual price mark-ups were also noted in Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (from 5.4% to 5.8%), Clothing and Footwear (from 2.4% to 2.5%), Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels (from 4.3% to 5.9%), Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House (from 1.7% to 1.8%), and Recreation and Culture (from 4.2% to 4.9%).

Price slowdowns, were noted in Education (from 3.8% to 3.5%) and Restaurant and Miscellaneous Goods and Services (from 5.0% to 4.4%). Health and Communication sustained their previous month’s rate at 1.8% and 0.3%, respectively.