COLOMBO : Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation slowed to 4.6 per cent year-on-year in July from 10.8 per cent in June, helped by easing food prices, the statistics department said on Monday. The National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) captures broader retail price inflation and is released with a lag of 21
COLOMBO : Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation slowed to 4.6 per cent year-on-year in July from 10.8 per cent in June, helped by easing food prices, the statistics department said on Monday.
Food prices contracted to negative 2.5 per cent in July from 2.5 per cent in June, the Department of Census and Statistics said in a statement.
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