KATHMANDU: The year-on-year consumer price inflation remained at 7.26 per cent in mid-January 2023 compared to 5.65 per cent a year ago, according to the 'Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal' report unveiled by the Nepal Rastra Bank on Monday.

Food and beverage inflation stood at 5.62 per cent whereas non-food and service inflation rose to 8.57 per cent in the review month.

Meanwhile, the year-on-year wholesale price inflation increased 9.82 per cent in the review month compared to 8.08 per cent a year ago.

A version of this article appears in the print on February 7, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.