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Iran closes fiscal year with one-digit inflation

2 April 2018 10:20 (UTC+04:00)
Iran closes fiscal year with one-digit inflation

By Trend

Iran closed its last fiscal year (ended March 20) with one-digit inflation, the Central Bank of the country (CBI) said.

Inflation rate in Iran’s urban areas for the 12-month period to the 12th Iranian calendar month of Esfand (ended on March 20) hit 9.6 percent, registering a 0.3 percent fall compared to the preceding month, the CBI announced March 28.

Iran’s inflation rate decreased to one-digit figure in the 11th calendar month after experiencing two months of 10 percent rate. The inflation rate in Iran in recent months was in fluctuation around 10 percent.

The inflation rate in Iran in 2005 was about 10.4 percent, but it climbed above 37 percent, before President Hassan Rouhani came to power in mid-2013. Nonetheless, for the first time over the past 26 years, that figure declined into a single-digit row, bottoming out at 8.6 percent in June 2016.

Meanwhile the CBI has put the figure at 9.6, the Statistical Center of Iran in its latest report put the inflation rate for the same period at 8.1 percent, 0.1 percent less compared to its figure for last month.

So, there is a 1.5 percent difference between the figures unveiled by the two official Iranian entities.
The announced inflation rate between the two organizations has been different in recent months and the Statistical Center's inflation rate has been lower than that of the Central Bank.

The Central Bank also said that setting the Iranian fiscal year 1395 (March 21, 2016 to March 20, 2017) as the main one, that is 1395=100, the consumer price index (CPI) in Iran’s urban areas stood at 114.7 units in the 12th month of the last fiscal year, which is 1.1 percent more than in the preceding month.

The figure shows an annual growth of 8.3 percent.

The index for foods and drinks shows an increase by 1.5 percent compared to the preceding month and a growth rate of 7 percent compared to the same time of last year, according to the CBI.

The index for tobacco registered a rise by 15.9 percent compared to the preceding month and a growth rate of 18 percent when compared to the same time last year.

The index for clothes and health care increased by 6 and 8.5 percent year-on-year, meanwhile the index for housing, electricity and fuels witnessed an 8.9 percent increase.

The education sector registered the highest annual growth among the index subgroups (14.1 percent).

The annual increase for ICT, transportation and service sectors stood at 2.1, 7.5 and 9.8 percent, respectively.

The Iranian Parliament Research Center has forecasted that Iran’ inflation rate in the current fiscal year (started March 20) will become 11.5 percent.

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