Inflation rate decreased by 0.26% last week, 10 items became cheaper

The Bureau of Statistics has said that the rate of inflation in the country has decreased by 0.26 percent in the recent week.

According to the Institute of Statistics, 10 items became cheaper, 18 items became expensive and 23 items remained stable in prices in the recent week. The rate of inflation has come down to 3.97% from 5.08% on annual basis.

Price of 20 kg bag of flour decreased by 35.91% on year-on-year basis during December

According to the report of the Bureau of Statistics, 0.34% in the prices of pulses, 0.05% in the prices of dal mash, 0.18% in the prices of LPG, 5.59% in the prices of potatoes, 0.23% in the prices of eggs, and 7.48% in the prices of electricity. , tomato prices recorded a decrease of 13.48 percent, garlic prices by 0.21 percent and flour prices by 0.09 percent. went

According to the Bureau of Statistics, 1.08 percent in the price of dal, 0.95 percent in the price of sugar, 0.58 percent in the price of jaggery, 4.93 percent in the price of onion, 10.28 percent in the price of chicken, 1.68 percent in the price of banana, diesel prices 1.18 per cent in petrol prices, 0.21 per cent in firewood prices and 0.55 per cent in firewood prices. Prices recorded an increase of 0.28 percent.