KATHMANDU, JUNE 10

Nepal's year-on-year consumer price inflation slowed to 2.77% in mid-May 2025, down from 4.40% a year earlier, according to Nepal Rastra Bank's (NRB) latest report.

Key Inflation Trends

• Food & Beverages: 1.52% (down from 6.41% last year)
• Non-Food & Services: 3.45% (up from 3.09%)

• Rural inflation: 3.21%
• Urban inflation: 2.61%

The Kathmandu Valley's inflation was 2.64%, matching the Terai region, while the Mountain region saw the highest rise at 4.01%.

Meanwhile, wholesale price inflation moderated to 3.95% from 5.68%, with consumption goods surging 10.89%, construction materials rising 2.67%, and capital goods increasing 2.73%.

The NRB's report covers ten months of data from the current fiscal year (2024/25).