Ammon News - The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measurement of inflation, increased by 1.25 percent in the first eleven months of 2021 to reach 102.36, compared to a CPI of 101.10 for the same period in 2020, according to the Department of Statistics (DoS).

The DoS, in its monthly report on Sunday, indicated that the CPI for November of this year increased by 1.61 percent, reaching 103.06 against 101.42 recorded in November of 2020.

On a monthly level, the general index of consumer prices went up by 0.13 percent in November, amounting to 103.06, compared with 102.92 in October.

The basic index of consumer prices for November of 2021 reached 69.30, compared with 68.56 during the month same of last year, registering an increase of 1.07 percent, according to the DoS data.

On the cumulative level, the basic consumer price index for the January-November period of the current year amounted to 69.03 against 68.41 for the same period of 2020, signaling a 0.91 percent rise.