The Report of Country's Consumer Price Indices for Goods and Services of Urban Households in the Month of Tir of the Year 1396
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The general index (base year 1390=100) in the month of Tir of the year 13961 shows 248.2 which has increased 1.2 percent in contrast to the preceding month. The increase in the general index was 8.9 percent compared to the corresponding month in the previous year (point-to-point inflation), which dropped by 0.5 percentage points over the same information in the previous month (9.4 percent). Percentage change in general index (inflation rate of consumer goods and services for urban households) for the 12 months ending to the month of Tir of the year 1396 was 7.6 percent in contrast to the corresponding period of the previous year, which grew 0.2 percentage point over the same information in the month of Khordad (7.4 percent).
2- The CPI for the major group of "Foods, Beverages and Tobaccos" in this month reached 303.1, which increased 1.2 percent compared to the previous month. The index of the major group of " Foods, Beverages and Tobacco " increased 13.5 percent in contrast to the corresponding month in the previous year, and percentage change in this group for the 12 months ending to the month of Tir of the year 1396 was 11 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, which rose 0.6 percent point in contrast to the inflation of the 12 months ending to the month of Khordad (10.4 percent). The index of the major group of “Foods” in the mentioned month reached 301.3, which increased 1.2 percent compared to the previous month. The index of the major group of foods increased 13.9 percent as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and the inflation rate of the 12 months of this group was 11.1 percent.
3- The index of the major group of "non-foods and services" in the month of the Tir of the year 1396 reached 229.3, which increased 1.3 percent compared to the previous month. The index of the major group of "non-foods and services" rose 7 percent compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, and had no change in contrast to the inflation rate of the 12 months ending to the month of Khordad of the year 1396 (6.2 percent).
[1] . It is the Iranian year which usually begins within 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 1396 in the Gregorian calendar is (21 March 2017-20 March 2018).