The consumer cost list, which estimates inflation increased by 18.17 percent (year-on-year) in March 2021.

This is 0.82 percent focuses higher than the rate recorded in February 2021 (17.33 percent).

The National Bureau of Statistics unveiled in its report on ‘Purchaser Price Index’ for March 2021 on Thursday that March inflation rate stayed the most elevated in four years.

Increments were recorded in all COICOP divisions that yielded the feature list.

On a month-on-month premise, the feature list expanded by 1.56 percent in March 2021.

This is 0.02 rate focuses higher than the rate recorded in February 2021 (1.54 percent).

The rate change in the average composite CPI for the year time frame finishing March 2021, over the average of the CPI for the past year time frame was 14.55 percent, addressing a 0.50 percent point increment over 14.05 percent recorded in February 2021.

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The metropolitan inflation rate expanded by 18.76 percent (year-on-year) in March 2021 from 17.92 percent recorded in February 2021, while the rural inflation rate expanded by 17.60 percent in March 2021 from 16.77 percent in February 2021.

On a month-on-month premise, the metropolitan list rose by 1.60 percent in March 2021, up by 0.02 contrasted with the rate recorded in February 2021, while the rural index also rose by 1.52 percent in March 2021, up by 0.02 contrasted with the rate that was recorded in February 2021 (1.50 percent).

The comparing year-on-year normal rate change for the metropolitan file is 15.15 percent in March 2021.

This is higher than 14.66 percent announced in February 2021, while the relating rural inflation rate in March 2021 is 13.99 percent contrasted with 13.48 percent recorded in February 2021.