Sri Lanka’s NCPI-based inflation goes up to 73.7% in September

 

The NCPI for all items for the month of September 2022 is 256.2 and it records an increase of 5.8 in index points compared to the month of August 2022 for which the index was 250.4. 

For September 2022, month-on-month change was recorded as 2.3% compared to August 2022. 

With respect to September 2021, the reported inflation for the month of September 2022 was mainly due to the higher price levels that prevailed in both food and non-food groups.