KATHMANDU: The year on-year consumer price inflation (CPI) stood at 8.08 per cent in mid-November compared to 6.04 per cent a year ago, the latest macroeconomic data of central bank unveiled on Thursday showed.
Food and beverage inflation stood at 7.38 per cent whereas non-food and service inflation was 8.63 per cent in the review month. The CPI in the Kathmandu valley, Tarai, hills and mountains quickened to 7.56 per cent, 8.52 per cent, 8.03 per cent and 6.68, respectively.
Inflation in these regions were 6.14 per cent, 5.42 per cent, 7.14 per cent and five per cent respectively a year ago.
A version of this article appears in the print on December 16, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
