Consumer Price Index in the Month of Khordad of the Year 1398
Consumer Price Index in the Month of Khordad of the Year 1398[1]
Increase in All Households Inflation Rate
The general index (base year: 1395=100) stood at 174.9 in the month of Khordad[2] of the year 1398 indicating a 0.8 percent rise compared with the previous month. In this month, the percentage change in the general index was 50.4 percent in contrast to the corresponding month of the previous year, that is to say that the national households spent, on average, 50.4 percent higher than the month of Khordad in the year 1397 for purchasing “the same goods and services”, which decreased by 1.7 percentage points over the previous month (52.1percent). The twelve-month inflation rate ending the month of Khordad of the year 1398 reached 37.6 percent which rose by 3.4 percentage points over the same information in the previous month (34.2percent).
The CPI for the major groups of "food, beverages and tobacco" decreased by 0.2 percent and for "non-food items and services" increased by 1.3 percent, respectively in contrast to the previous month. The percentage changes in prices in the current month for these two groups were 75.0 and 40.4 percent compared with the month of Khordad in the year 1397, respectively.
Increase in All Urban Households Inflation Rate
The general price index for all urban households in the month of Khordad of the year 1398 stood at 173.3 showing a 0.8 percent increase from the last month. Percentage change in the general index was 49.3 percent in comparison with the same month in the last year, which dropped by 1.4 percentage points over the previous month (50.7 percent).
Increase in All Rural Households Inflation Rate
The general price index for all rural households in the month of Khordad of the year 1398 stood at 183.3 showing a 0.7 percent growth compared with the previous month. Percentage change in the general index was 56.5 percent over the corresponding month in the previous year, which fell by 3.1 percentage points in contrast to the previous month (59.6 percent).
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[1]It is the Iranian year which usually begins on the day of 21 March of the Gregorian calendar. To find the corresponding year of the Gregorian calendar, add 621 or 622 (depending on the time of the year) to a solar Hijri year. For example the corresponding year of the year 1398 in the Gregorian calendar is (21 March 2019-20 March 2020).
2 Iranian months and their equivalent in Gregorian calendar
Farvardin (21 March-20April) Mehr (23 September-22 October)
Ordibehesht (21 April-21 May) Aban (23 October-21 November)
Khordad (22 May-21 June) Azar (22 November-21 December)
Tir (22 June-22 July) Dey (22 December-20 January)
Mordad (23 July-22 August) Bahman (21 January-19 February)
Shahrivar (23 August-22 September) Esfand (20 February-20 March)